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Suceava Plateau ( ro, Podișul Sucevei) is a geographic area in the NE
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 ...
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Suceava Suceava () is the largest urban settlement and the seat town ( ro, oraș reședință de județ) of Suceava County, situated in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania, and at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central and Eastern E ...
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Botoșani Botoșani () is the capital city of Botoșani County, in the northern part of Western Moldavia, Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu, Nicolae Iorga and Grigore Antipa. ...
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Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally ...
, and Neamț counties), and SW
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
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Chernivtsi Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast ( uk, Черніве́цька о́бласть, Chernivetska oblast), also referred to as Chernivechchyna ( uk, Чернівеччина) is an oblast (province) in Western Ukraine, consisting of the northern parts of the regio ...
). Suceava Plateau is the NW part of the
Moldavian Plateau The Moldavian Plateau ( ro, Podișul Moldovei) is a geographic area of the historical region of Moldavia, spanning nowadays east and northeast of Romania, most of Moldova (except the south), and most of the Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine (where it ...
. It has altitudes that exceed 700 m and long ridges, such as: * Fălticeni Plateau ( ro, Podișul Fălticeni; also known as Ciungi Hills), * Dragomirnei Plateau ( ro, Podișul Dragomirnei; also known as Dragomirnei Hills), * Siret Ridge ( ro, Culmea Siretului); which itself contains Bour Hills, ''Șaua Bucecii''/Bucecii Saddle, '' Dealul Mare''/The Big Hill, and ''Șaua Ruginoasa''/Ruginoasa Saddle, * Ibănești Hills ( ro, Dealurile Ibănești), * Conzancea Hills ( ro, Dealurile Cozancea), * Prut Hills ( ro, Deaurile Prutului) or Prut Ridge ( ro, Culmea Prutului), which contain the famous Cosmin Forest ( ro, Pădurea Cosminului) * Ceremuș Hills ( ro, Deaurile Ceremușului) In the Valley of the River Suceava, a hillock depression, the Rădăuți Depression ( ro, Depresiunea Rădăuți) is situated. In the upper part of the Valley of the River Siret, another hillock depression, the Storojineț Depression ( ro, Depresiunea Storojineț) is situated. {{coord missing, Romania Plateaus of Romania Plateaus of Ukraine Geography of Chernivtsi Oblast