Geography Of The Dominican Republic

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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:

Map references:

Central America and the Caribbean

Area:

• Total: 48,730 km²

• Land: 48,380 km²

• Water: 350 km²

Area - comparative:

Slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire

Land boundaries:

• Total: 275 km

• Border countries: Haiti 275 km

Coastline:

1,288 km

Maritime claims:

• Contiguous zone: 24 nm

• Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

• Territorial sea: 6 nm

Climate:

Tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall

Rivers:

Significant rivers include the Jimani River, Ro Yaque del Norte, Ro Jamao del Norte, Ro Isabela and the Ozama River

Terrain:

Rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed

Elevation extremes:

• Lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m

• Highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m

Natural resources:

Nickel, bauxite, gold, silver

Land use:

• 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; Hurricane Georges damage

Environment - international agreements:

• 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)

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