Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Great Hungarian Plain (also known as Alföld or Great Alföld, Hungarian: Alföld or Nagy Alföld) [1] [2] is a plain occupying the majority of the modern territory of Hungary. It is the largest part of the wider Pannonian Plain (however, the Great Hungarian Plain was not part of the ancient Roman province Pannonia ).
Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország) is a landlocked country in southeastern Central Europe, [1] bordering the Balkans. [2] Situated in the Pannonian Basin , it has a land area of 93,030 square km, measuring about 250 km from north to south and 524 km from east to west.
The Hungarian puszta (Hungarian pronunciation:) is a temperate grassland biome of the Great Hungarian Plain. [1]: 66 It is an exclave of the Pannonian Steppe, and lies mainly around the River Tisza in the eastern part of Hungary, as well as in the western part of the country and in the Burgenland of Austria.
In the west, the Great Hungarian Plain is an island of steppe separated from the main steppe by the mountains of Transylvania. On the north shore of the Black Sea, the Crimean Peninsula has some interior steppe and ports on the south coast which link the steppe to the civilizations of the Mediterranean basin.
The highest point of the area is the Írott-kő in the Alps, at 882 metres (2,894 ft). The Little Hungarian Plain (Kisalföld) is found in northern Transdanubia. Lake Balaton and Lake Hévíz, the largest lake in Central Europe and the largest thermal lake in the world, respectively, are in Transdanubia as well. Lake Balaton
Hortobágy (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈhortobaːɟ]) is an 800 km 2 national park in eastern Hungary, rich with folklore and cultural history. The park, a part of the Alföld (Great Plain), was designated as a national park in 1973 (the first in Hungary), and elected among the World Heritage Sites in 1999. [2]
Great Plain and North (Hungarian: Alföld és Észak) is a statistical (NUTS 1) region of Hungary. It comprises the NUTS 2 regions of Northern Hungary , Northern Great Plain , and Southern Great Plain .
Great Hungarian Plain (6 P) Pages in category "Plains of Hungary" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.