Wallachian Plain

Geography of Romania

Topography

Carpathians (peaks) Plains & Delta Islands

Hydrography

Rivers (Danube) Lakes Black Sea

Climate

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). 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: 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:
  • The Danube valley floodplain;
  • Flooded marshy islands:
    • Insula Mare a Brăilei;
    • Insula Mică a Brăilei;
    • Balta Ialomiţei.

Rivers

• Neajlov
• Jiu
• Olt
• Vedea
• Argeș
• Dâmbovița
• Mostiştea
• Ialomiţa
• Buzău

Gallery

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  The Wallachian Plain, in the southern part of Argeş County (Piteştilor-Plain)

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  Steppe vegetation in the Burnazului Plain

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  Crop land in Titu-Plain

References

See also

• Geography of Romania
• Danubian Plain

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