Climate Description: temperate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog; sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms
Terrain Description: central Transylvanian Basin is separated from the Moldavian Plateau on the east by the Eastern Carpathian Mountains and separated from the Walachian Plain on the south by the Transylvanian Alps
Arable Land Use: 37.73%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 1.86%
Irrigated Land: 6,153 sq km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 6.88 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 320.8 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards Description: earthquakes, most severe in south and southwest; geologic structure and climate promote landslides
Environmental Current Issues: soil erosion and degradation; water pollution; air pollution in south from industrial effluents; contamination of Danube delta wetlands
Agriculture Romania, Bucharest. People working in a family market garden. The garden was made possible by a small business loan, available to women to help establish businesses.
Romania is one of the best locations for professional and industrial agriculture in Europe due to it's highly fertile land and the availability of large field sizes.