Location Caribbean, it occupies five-eighths of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti Geographic coordinates 19°00′N 70°40′W﻿ / ﻿19.000°N 70.667°W﻿ / 19.000; -70.667 Area Total: 48,670 km² Land: 48,320 km² Water: 350 km² Land boundaries Total: 376 km Border countries: Haiti 360 km (223.7 mi) Coastline 1,288 km Maritime claims Territorial sea: 6 nmi (11.1 km; 6.9 mi) Contiguous zone: 24 nmi (44.4 km; 27.6 mi) Exclusive economic zone: 255,898 km2 (98,803 sq mi) with 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) Continental shelf: 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) or to the edge of the continental margin Climate Tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall Rivers Significant rivers include the Jimani River, Río Yaque del Norte, Río Jamao del Norte, Río Isabela and the Ozama River