The Romanian Plain () is located in southern
Romania
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and the easternmost tip of
Serbia
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, where it is known as the Wallachian Plain ().
It is part of the larger
Eurasian Steppe
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. It is located in the
historical region
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of
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia (; ; : , : ) is a historical and geographical region of modern-day Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia was traditionally divided into two sections, Munteni ...
, and bordered by the
Danube River
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in the east, south, and west and by the in the north.
Bucharest
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, the capital of Romania, is located in the central part of the Romanian Plain. It is contiguous to the south with the
Danubian Plain () in
Bulgaria
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. The Romanian Plain is also sometimes referred to as the Danubian Plain () in the Romanian language, though this designation is not specific, because the Danube flows through a number of plains along its course, including the
Hungarian Plain (which is called the Danubian Plain in Slovakia and Serbia), as well as the Bavarian Lowland, which is also sometimes called the Danubian Plain.
Subdivisions
In Romania, the plain is divided into five subdivisions and the Danube Valley, which are, from West to East:
*A.
Oltenia Plain, located in southern
Oltenia
Oltenia (), also called Lesser Wallachia in antiquated versions – with the alternative Latin names , , and between 1718 and 1739 – is a historical province and geographical region of Romania in western Wallachia. It is situated between the Da ...
:
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Băilești Plain
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Romanați Plain
*B.
Olt-Argeș Plain (between the
Olt River
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in the west and the
Argeș River in the east):
**
Pitești Plain
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**
**
*C.
București Plain:
**
Târgoviște Plain
**
Ploiești Plain
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Mizil Plain
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Titu Plain
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Gherghița Plain
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Vlăsia Plain
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Câlnău Plain
*D.
Bărăgan Plain:
**
Bărăgan of Călmățui Plain
**
Bărăgan of Ialomița Plain
**
Mostiștea Plain
**
Hagieni Plain
*E.
The Eastern Plain:
**
Râmnic Plain
**
Buzău Plain
**
Brăila Plain
**
Lower Siret Plain
**
Tecuci Plain
**
Covurlui Plain
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Danube Valley:
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The Danube valley floodplain
**Flooded marshy islands:
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Insula Mare a Brăilei
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Insula Mică a Brăilei
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Balta Ialomiței Balta Ialomiței is an island on the Danube, located in Ialomița County and Călărași County, Romania. It is surrounded by two branches of the Danube, named "Borcea" and "Dunărea Veche". The island has an area of , with a length of and a width ...
Rivers
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Neajlov
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Jiu
*
Olt
*
Vedea
*
Argeș
*
Dâmbovița
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Mostiștea
The Mostiștea is a left tributary of the river Danube in Romania. It flows through the artificial Lake Mostiștea. Its source is near the village Dascălu, Ilfov, Dascălu, northeast of Bucharest. It flows into the Danube near Mânăstirea. Its ...
*
Ialomița
*
Buzău
Buzău (; formerly spelled ''Buzeu'' or ''Buzĕu'') is a city in the historical region of Muntenia, Romania, and the county seat of Buzău County. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carp ...
Gallery
Image:Argeş County Romania bgiu.jpg, The Romanian Plain, in the southern part of Argeș County (the Pitești Plain)
Image:Steppenvegetation in der Walachei.JPG, Steppe
In physical geography, a steppe () is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without closed forests except near rivers and lakes.
Steppe biomes may include:
* the montane grasslands and shrublands biome
* the tropical and subtropica ...
vegetation in the Burnazului Plain
Image:Campia Titu.JPG, Crop land in the Titu Plain
See also
*
Focșani Gate
*
Geography of Romania
With an area of , Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe. It is a country located at the crossroads of Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe, Southeast Europe. It is bordered on the Black Sea, the country is halfway between the ...
*
Danubian Plain
References
Plains of Romania
Plains of Serbia
Plain
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Physiographic provinces
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