| Geography | Dominican Republic |
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Location:
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Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti |
Geographic coordinates:
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19 00 N, 70 40 W |
Map references:
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Central America and the Caribbean |
Area:
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total: 48,730 sq km
land: 48,380 sq km
water: 350 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire |
Land boundaries:
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total: 360 km
border countries: Haiti 360 km |
Coastline:
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1,288 km |
Maritime claims:
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measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
territorial sea: 6 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
Climate:
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tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall |
Terrain:
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rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m |
Natural resources:
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nickel, bauxite, gold, silver |
Land use:
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arable land: 22.49%
permanent crops: 10.26%
other: 67.25% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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2,750 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources:
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21 cu km (2000) |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
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2,177 cubic meters per capita |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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Total: 3.39 cu km/yr (32%/2%/66%)
Per capita: 381 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
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lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts |
Environment - current issues:
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water shortages; soil eroding into the sea damages coral reefs; deforestation |
Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea |
Geography - note:
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shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti |
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