| Climate Romania :
| temperate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog; sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms
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| Terrain Romania :
| 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
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| Elevation extremes lowest Romania :
| Black Sea 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Romania :
| Moldoveanu 2,544 m
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| Natural resources Romania :
| petroleum (reserves declining), timber, natural gas, coal, iron ore, salt, arable land, hydropower
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| Land use arableland Romania :
| 40,82%
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| Irrigated land Romania :
| 28,800 sq km (1998 est.)
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| Natural hazards Romania :
| earthquakes, most severe in south and southwest; geologic structure and climate promote landslides
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| Environment current issues Romania :
| soil erosion and degradation; water pollution; air pollution in south from industrial effluents; contamination of Danube delta wetlands
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| Geography note Romania :
| controls most easily traversable land route between the Balkans, Moldova, and Ukraine
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