Wallachian Plain

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The Romanian Plain (Romanian: Câmpia Română)^[1] is located in southern Romania and the easternmost tip of Serbia, where it is known as the Wallachian Plain (Serbian: Vlaška nizija/Влашка низија).^[2] It is part of the larger Eurasian Steppe. It is located in the historical region of Wallachia, and bordered by the Danube River in the east, south and west, and by the Getic Plateau [ro] 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 the Danubian Plain in Slovakia and Serbia), as well as the Bavarian Lowland, also called the Danubian Plain.

Subdivisions[edit]

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:
  • Blahnița Plain [ro]
  • Băilești Plain
  • Romanați Plain
• B. Olt-Argeș Plain (between the Olt River in the west and the Argeș River in the east):
  • Pitești Plain
  • Boianul Plain [ro]
  • Câmpia Găvanu-Burdea [ro]
  • Burnaz Plain [ro]
• C. București Plain:
  • Târgoviște Plain
  • Ploiești Plain
  • Mizil Plain
  • Titu Plain
  • Gherghița Plain
  • Vlăsia Plain
  • 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
• Danube Valley:
  • The Danube valley floodplain
  • Flooded marshy islands:
    • Insula Mare a Brăilei
    • Insula Mică a Brăilei
    • Balta Ialomiței

Rivers[edit]

• Neajlov
• Jiu
• Olt
• Vedea
• Argeș
• Dâmbovița
• Mostiștea
• Ialomița
• Buzău

Gallery[edit]

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  The Romanian Plain, in the southern part of Argeș County (the Pitești Plain)
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  Steppe vegetation in the Burnazului Plain
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  Crop land in the Titu Plain

See also[edit]

• Focșani Gate
• Geography of Romania
• Danubian Plain

References[edit]

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

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