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Geography

Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Ukraine

Geographic coordinates: 46 00 N, 25 00 E

Area: total: 237,500 sq km; land: 230,340 sq km; water: 7,160 sq km

Land boundaries: total: 2,508 km; border countries: Bulgaria 608 km, Hungary 443 km, Moldova 450 km, Yugoslavia 476 km, Ukraine (north) 362 km, Ukraine (east) 169 km

Coastline: 225 km

Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 NM; continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation; exclusive economic zone: 200 NM; territorial sea: 12 NM

Elevation extremes: lowest point: Black Sea 0 m; highest point: Moldoveanu 2,544 m

Natural resources: petroleum (reserves declining), timber, natural gas, coal, iron ore, salt, arable land, hydropower

Land use: arable land: 41%; permanent crops: 3%; permanent pastures: 21%; forests and woodland: 29%; other: 6% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land: 31,020 sq km (1993 est.)

Geography - note: controls most easily traversable land route between the Balkans, Moldova, and Ukraine