The Republic of Moldova is located in the central part of Europe, in the north-eastern Balkans, on a territory of 33843.5 km2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The capital is the city of Chisinau. To the north, east and south it is surrounded by Ukraine, and to the west \u2013 separated from Romania by the Prut river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The total length of the national border is 1906 km, including 1222 km – with Ukraine, 684 km – with Romania. The northernmost point of the country is the village of Naslavcea (480 21′ N 270 35′ E), and the southernmost is Giurgiulesti (450 28′ N 280 12′ E), which is also the country’s only locality on the banks of the Danube. The most western point is the village of Criva (48 0 16′ N 26 0 30′ E), the most eastern – the village of Palanca (46 0 25′ N 300 05’E).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Republic of Moldova is part of the group of countries of the Black Sea basin. With these, as well as with the Danube states, it maintains close mutually beneficial commercial ties. Its southern border stretches almost down to the Black Sea, the outlet to the sea opening through the Nistru river estuary and the Danube river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The physical-geographical position of the Republic of Moldova determined the various peculiarities of its natural conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The relief of the country is a hilly plain, sloping from northwest to southeast with an average altitude of about 147 m above sea level. In its central part is Codrii, the highest region, with a maximum altitude of 429.5 m (B\u0103l\u0103ne\u015fti hill, Nisporeni district) and strongly fragmented by valleys of various sizes. Erosional processes and landslides conditioned the formation of hollows, which present some amphitheatres in the space of which rural localities are located. The picturesque landscape of the woods, which is very similar to a premontane region prompted Russian geomorphologist and pedologist Vasili Dokuceaev to nickname it “Bessarabian Switzerland”. The southwest of the country and the territory on the lower reaches of the Nistru have a less fragmented, plain relief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-475","main-reasons","type-main-reasons","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n