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Moldova's main river, the Dniester, is navigable throughout almost the entire country, and in warmer winters it does not freeze over. The Prut river is a tributary of the Danube, which it joins at the far southwestern tip of the country. Over 95% of the water circulation in Moldova flows into one of the two rivers – the Prut or Dniester.
The coastline paradox states that a coastline does not have a well-defined length. Measurements of the length of a coastline behave like a fractal, being different at different scale intervals (distance between points on the coastline at which measurements are taken). The smaller the scale interval (meaning the more detailed the measurement ...
Moldova, [d] officially the Republic of Moldova, [e] is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, on the northeastern corner of the Balkans. [16] The country spans a total of 33,483 km 2 (12,928 sq mi) and has a population of approximately 2.42 million as of January 2024. [17]
The location of Moldova An enlargeable map of the Republic of Moldova. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Moldova: . Moldova (officially the Republic of Moldova, Romanian: Republica Moldova) – landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south.
Moldova became independent a year later, and a brief but bloody war ensued, with Russia helping Transnistrians win their separatist bid. Despite lacking international recognition, the territory ...
On the opposite end, 42 of the 66 cities, and about half the communes of Moldova have local administration providing services for a single locality. There are four or five localities in Moldova with a zero population: village Armanca, commune Vasileuți, Rîșcani District; village Chetrișul Nou, commune Chetriș, Fălești District
Pro-Russian rebels in a separatist sliver of Moldova have asked President Vladimir Putin to protect their region from what they claim are threats from Moldova’s pro-Western government.
In political geography, an enclave is a piece of land belonging to one country (or region etc.) that is totally surrounded by another country (or region). An exclave is a piece of land that is politically attached to a larger piece but not physically contiguous with it (connected to it) because they are completely separated by a surrounding foreign territory or territories.