Wallachian Plain

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The Romanian Plain (Romanian: Câmpia Română) is located in southern Romania and the easternmost tip of Serbia, where it is known as the Wallachian Plain (Serbian: Vlaška nizija/Влашка низија).[1] Part of the historical region of Wallachia, it is bordered by the Danube River in the east, south and west, and by the Getic Plateau in the north. Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is located in the central part of the Romanian Plain. It is contiguous to the south with the Danubian Plain (Bulgarian: Дунавска равнина), in Bulgaria. This area is also sometimes referred to as the Danubian Plain (Câmpia Dunării) in Romanian, though this designation is not specific, because the Danube flows through a number of plains along its course, such as the Hungarian Plain (which is called Danubian Plain in Slovakia and Serbia) as well as the Bavarian Lowland, also called Danubian plain.

The main divisions of the Wallachian Plain

Subdivisions (W-E)

In Romania, the plain is divided into five subdivisions and the Danube Valley:

  • A. Plain of Oltenia, located in the southern Oltenia:
    • Blahniţa Plain;
    • Băileşti Plain;
    • Romanaţi Plain.
  • B. Olt-Argeş Plain (between the Olt River in the west and the Argeș River in the east):
    • Piteşti Plain;
    • Boianul Plain;
    • Găvanu Burdea Plain;
    • Burnaz Plain.
  • C. Bucureşti Plain:
    • Târgovişte Plain;
    • Ploieşti Plain;
    • Mizil Plain;
    • Titu Plain;
    • Gherghiţa Plain;
    • Vlăsia Plain;
    • Câlnău Plain.
  • D. Bărăgan Plain:
    • Bărăgan of Călmăţui Plain;
    • Bărăgan of Ialomiţa Plain;
    • Mostiştea Plain;
    • Hagieni Plain;
  • E. The Eastern Plain:
    • Râmnic Plain;
    • Buzău Plain;
    • Brăila Plain;
    • Lower Siret Plain;
    • Tecuci Plain;
    • Covurlui Plain;
  • Danube Valley:

Rivers

See also

References

  1. ↑ World and Its Peoples. Marshall Cavendish. 2010. p. 1447. ISBN 9780761479024.

Coordinates: 44°30′N 26°15′E / 44.500°N 26.250°E / 44.500; 26.250

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