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Geography
Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
47 00 N, 29 00 E
Area: 
total: 33,851 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
139
land: 32,891 sq km
water: 960 sq km
slightly larger than Maryland
total: 1,390 km
border countries: Romania 450 km, Ukraine 940 km
0 km (landlocked)
none (landlocked)
Current Weather
moderate winters, warm summers
rolling steppe, gradual slope south to Black Sea
lowest point: Dniester (Nistru) 2 m
highest point: Dealul Balanesti 430 m
lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land, limestone
arable land: 54.52%
permanent crops: 8.81%
other: 36.67% (2005)
3,000 sq km (2003)
11.7 cu km (1997)
total: 2.31 cu km/yr (10%/58%/33%)
per capita: 549 cu m/yr (2000)
landslides
heavy use of agricultural chemicals, including banned pesticides such as DDT, has contaminated soil and groundwater; extensive soil erosion from poor farming methods
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
landlocked; well endowed with various sedimentary rocks and minerals including sand, gravel, gypsum, and limestone
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