Romania ( ; ) is a
unitary semi-presidential republic located in
Southeastern Europe, bordering the
Black Sea, between
Bulgaria and
Ukraine. It also borders
Hungary,
Serbia, and
Moldova. It covers and has a
temperate-
continental climate. With its 19.94 million inhabitants, it is the
seventh most populous member state of the
European Union. Its capital and largest city,
Bucharest, is the
sixth largest city in the EU. The
River Danube, which is Europe's second longest river after the Volga, rises in Germany and flows southeastwards for a distance of 2,857 km, coursing through ten countries before emptying in Romania's
Danube Delta. Some of its 1,075 km length bordering the country drains the whole of it. The
Carpathian Mountains, with their tallest peak
Moldoveanu at , cross Romania from the north to the southwest.