Statistics
- Location
- Caribbean, it occupies two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
- Geographic coordinates
- 19°00′N 70°40′W / 19°N 70.667°W / 19; -70.667
- Map references
- Central America and the Caribbean
- Area
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- Total: 48,730 km²
- Land: 48,380 km²
- Water: 350 km²
- Area - comparative
- Approximately the size of Vermont and New Hampshire combined
- Land boundaries
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- Total: 275 km
- Border countries: Haiti 275 km
- Coastline
- 1,288 km
- Maritime claims
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- Contiguous zone: 24 nmi (44.4 km; 27.6 mi)
- Continental shelf: 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) or to the edge of the continental margin
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi)
- Territorial sea: 6 nmi (11.1 km; 6.9 mi)
- Climate
- Tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall
- Rivers
- Significant rivers include the Jimani River, Río Yaque del Norte, Río Jamao del Norte, Río Isabela and the Ozama River
- Terrain
- Rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed
- Elevation extremes
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- Lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
- Highest point: Pico Duarte 3,098 m
- Natural resources
- Nickel, bauxite, gold, silver
- Land use
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- Arable land: 21%
- Permanent crops: 9%
- Permanent pastures: 43%
- Forests and woodland: 12%
- Other: 15% (1993 est.)
- Irrigated land
- 2,300 km² (1993 est.)
- Natural hazards
- Lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts
- Environment - current issues
- Water shortages; soil eroding into the sea damages coral reefs; deforestation; damage caused by Hurricane George
- Environment - international agreements
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- Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution
- Signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
- Geography - note
- Shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti (eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic, western one-third is Haiti)
Read more about this topic: Geography Of The Dominican Republic
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