Basic Data
Location: Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
Geographic coordinates: 47°00′N 29°00′E / 47°N 29°E / 47; 29
Map references: Commonwealth of Independent States
Area:
total: 33,843 km²
land: 33,371 km²
water: 472 km²
Area - comparative: slightly larger than Maryland, United States
Land boundaries:
total: 1,389 km
border countries: Romania 450 km, Ukraine 939 km
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
Natural resources: lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land
Land use:
arable land: 53%
permanent crops: 14%
permanent pastures: 13%
forests and woodland: 13%
other: 7% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: 3,110 km² (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: landslides (57 cases in 1998)
Read more about this topic: Geography Of Moldova
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