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Geography 
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Location:,
Southeastern Europe,
bordering the Black Sea,
between Bulgaria and Ukraine.
There is a certain symmetry in the physical structure of Romania.
The country forms a complex geographic unit centred on the Transylvanian Basin, around which the peaks of the Carpathian Mountains and their associated subranges and structural platforms form a series of crescents. Beyond this zone, the extensive plains of the south and east of the country, their potential increased by the Danube and its tributaries, form a fertile outer crescent extending to the frontiers.
There is great diversity in the topography, geology, climate, hydrology, flora, and fauna, and for millennia this natural environment has borne the imprint of a human population.
Since the late 19th century, in particular, Romania has undergone an economic and social transformation from an agricultural society to an urbanized, industrial society.
| General Data |
| Geographic coordinates: | Grid references of
Northernmost, Western,
Southern & Eastern locations | | | Area: | Total area
Land area
Water area | 237,500 sq km
230,340 sq km
7,160 sq km | | Area Comparative: | slightly smaller than United
Kingdom (97%) | |
| Boundaries |
| Land: | 2508km | | Bulgaria (map) | 608km | | Hungary | 443km | | Moldova | 450km | | Serbia | 476km | | Ukraine | 531km | | Coastline: | | | Maritime claims | 225nm | | Contiguous zone | 24nm | | Continental zone | 200m+ | | Exclusive economic zone | 200nm | | Territorial sea | 12nm |
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Geography
