The Romanian Plain ( ro, Câmpia Română) is located in southern
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
and the easternmost tip of
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hu ...
, where it is known as the Wallachian Plain ( sr, Vlaška nizija/Влашка низија).
Part of the
historical region
Historical regions (or historical areas) are geographical regions which at some point in time had a cultural, ethnic, linguistic or political basis, regardless of latterday borders. They are used as delimitations for studying and analysing soc ...
of
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and s ...
, it is bordered by the
Danube
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...
River in the east, south and west, and by the in the north.
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north o ...
, the capital of Romania, is located in the central part of the Romanian Plain. It is contiguous to the south with the
Danubian Plain ( bg, Дунавска равнина), in
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
. 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 the Danubian Plain in Slovakia and Serbia), as well as the Bavarian Lowland, also 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 ''Wallachia Minor'', ''Wallachia Alutana'', ''Wallachia Caesarea'' between 1718 and 1739) is a historical province and geographical region of Romania ...
:
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Băilești Plain
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Romanați Plain
*B.
Olt-Argeș Plain (between the
Olt River in the west and the
Argeș River in the east):
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Pitești Plain
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*C.
București Plain:
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Târgoviște Plain
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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 Câlnău may refer to several rivers in Romania:
* Câlnău (Dâmbovița), a tributary of the Dâmbovița
* Câlnău (Buzău), a tributary of the Buzău
See also
* Câlnic (disambiguation)
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*D.
Bărăgan Plain
The Bărăgan Plain ( ro, Câmpia Bărăganului ) is a steppe plain in south-eastern Romania. It makes up much of the eastern part of the Wallachian Plain. The region is known for its black soil and a rich humus, and is mostly a cereal-growing are ...
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Bărăgan of Călmățui Plain
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Bărăgan of Ialomița Plain
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Mostiștea Plain
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Hagieni Plain
*E.
The Eastern Plain:
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Râmnic Plain
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Buzău Plain
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Brăila Plain
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Lower Siret Plain
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Tecuci Plain
Tecuci () is a city in Galați County, Romania, in the historical region of Western Moldavia. It is situated among wooded hills, on the right bank of the Bârlad River, and at the junction of railways from Galați, Bârlad, and Mărășești.
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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". Originally, a wetland
A wetland is a distinct ecosyst ...
Rivers
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Neajlov
The Neajlov is a river in Romania. It is a right tributary of the river Argeș, which it meets near Gostinari, Giurgiu County. It rises from the higher Romanian Plain, east of Pitești. It is long and its basin area is .Angheluță Vădineanu, ...
*
Jiu
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Olt
Olt or OLT may refer to:
People:
* Károly Olt (1904–1985), Hungarian politician
* Mike Olt (born 1988), American baseball player
Places:
* Olt County, a county (județ) of Romania
* Olt (river), a river in Romania
** Olt Defile, a defile t ...
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Vedea
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Argeș
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Dâmbovița
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Mostiștea
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Ialomița
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Buzău
The city of Buzău (formerly spelled ''Buzeu'' or ''Buzĕu''; ) is the county seat of Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. 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
Argeș County () is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Pitești.
Demographics
On 20 October 2011, it had a population of 612,431 and the population density was 89/km2.
* Romanians – 97%
* Roma (Gypsi ...
(the Pitești Plain)
Image:Steppenvegetation in der Walachei.JPG, Steppe
In physical geography, a steppe () is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes.
Steppe biomes may include:
* the montane grasslands and shrublands biome
* the temperate grasslands, ...
vegetation in the Burnazului Plain
Image:Campia Titu.JPG, Crop land in the Titu Plain
See also
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Focșani Gate
The Focșani Gate ( ro, Poarta Focșani or ) is a militarily and strategically vulnerable area in Romania and NATO. Control of the Focșani Gate allows entry into vast tracts of Romanian territory and several other regions of Europe.
History
Th ...
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Geography of Romania
With an area of , Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe. Located in Central and Southeastern Europe, bordering on the Black Sea, the country is halfway between the equator and the North Pole and equidistant from the westernmost p ...
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Danubian Plain
References
Plains of Romania
Plains of Serbia
Plain
In geography, a plain is a flat expanse of land that generally does not change much in elevation, and is primarily treeless. Plains occur as lowlands along valleys or at the base of mountains, as coastal plains, and as plateaus or uplands ...
Physiographic provinces
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