Location Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania

Geographic coordinates 47 00 N, 29 00 E

Map references Commonwealth of Independent States

Area
total: 33,700 sq km
land: 33,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative slightly more than twice the size of Hawaii

Land boundaries
total: 1,389 km
border countries: Romania 450 km, Ukraine 939 km

Coastline 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims none (landlocked)

Climate moderate winters, warm summers

Terrain rolling steppe, gradual slope south to Black Sea

Elevation extremes
lowest point: Nistru River 2 m
highest point: Mount Balaneshty 430 m

Natural resources lignite, phosphorites, gypsum

Land use
arable land: 53%
permanent crops: 14%
permanent pastures: 13%
forests and woodland: 13%
other: 7% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land 3,110 sq km (1993 est.)

Natural hazards NA

Environment - current issues heavy use of agricultural chemicals, including banned pesticides such as DDT, has contaminated soil and groundwater; extensive soil erosion from poor farming methods

Environment - international agreements
party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note landlocked

NOTE: The information regarding Moldova on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Moldova Geography 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Moldova Geography 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.