Romania
Romania: Travel tips, articles, photos, gallery, cities database, population, pics, flags, statistics, free maps online
Back to Countries, Click to read the whole article: Romania
Introduction - Romania: | Location - Romania: | Location | Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Ukraine | | Geographic coordinates | 46 00 N, 25 00 E | | Map references | Europe | | Area | total: 237,500 sq km
land: 230,340 sq km
water: 7,160 sq km | | Area comparative | slightly smaller than Oregon | | Land boundaries | total: 2,508 km
border countries: Bulgaria 608 km, Hungary 443 km, Moldova 450 km, Serbia 476 km, Ukraine (north) 362 km, Ukraine (east) 169 km | | Coastline | 225 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation | | Climate | temperate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog; sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms | | Terrain | central Transylvanian Basin is separated from the Plain of Moldavia on the east by the Carpathian Mountains and separated from the Walachian Plain on the south by the Transylvanian Alps | | 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: 39.49%
permanent crops: 1.92%
other: 58.59% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 30,770 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | earthquakes, most severe in south and southwest; geologic structure and climate promote landslides | | Environment current issues | soil erosion and degradation; water pollution; air pollution in south from industrial effluents; contamination of Danube delta wetlands | | Environment international agreements | party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | controls most easily traversable land route between the Balkans, Moldova, and Ukraine | |
People - Romania: | Government - Romania: | Economy - Romania: | Communications - Romania: | Transportation - Romania: | Military - Romania: |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |