Terrain Rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed Elevation extremes Northernmost point – Cabo Isabela Southernmost point – Alto Velo Island, Jaragua National Park Southernmost point (mainland) – south of Oviedo, Pedernales in Jaragua National Park Westernmost point – Las Lajas, border with Haiti, Independencia Province Easternmost point – Punta de Agua, La Altagracia Province Lowest point – Lago Enriquillo: -46 m Highest point – Pico Duarte: 3,098 m Natural resources Nickel, bauxite, gold, silver Land use Arable land: 16.56% Permanent crops: 10.35% Other: 73.10% (2012 est.) Irrigated land 3,241 km² (2018) Total renewable water resources 21 km3 (2011) Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) total: 5.47 km3/yr (26%/1%/72%) per capita: 574.2 m3/yr (2005) Natural hazards Lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts Environment - current issues Water shortages; soil eroding into the sea damages coral reefs; deforestation; damage caused by Hurricane Georges Environment - international agreements Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands Signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea Geography - note Shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti (eastern five-eighths is the Dominican Republic, western three-eighths is Haiti)[1][2]