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fiogf49gjkf0d HUNGARY IS SITUATED IN CENTRAL EUROPE AND IS A LANDLOCKED
COUNTRY, COVERING AN AREA OF 93,036SQ.KM. ROMANIA AND THE
UKRAINE BORDER HUNGARY IN THE EAST. YUGOSLAVIA IN THE
SOUTH, AUSTRIA IN THE WEST AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN THE NORTH.
THE COUNTRY MAY BE BROKEN INTO FOUR GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS: TWO
LOWLANDS AND TWO HIGHLANDS.
THE GREAT HUNGARIAN PLAIN IS SITUATED IN THE SOUTH AND THE
EAST, COVERING ALMOST HALF OF THE COUNTRY. THIS PLAIN IS
SEPARATED FROM LITTLE PLAIN BY THE TRANSDANUBIAN MOUNTAINS.
ONE OF THE UPLAND AREAS IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST AND
LIES BETWEEN 400 AND 700M. TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE
TRANSDANUBIAN MOUNTAINS ARE THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. THE
OTHER HIGHLAND AREA IS PART OF AN INNER VOLCANIC ARC IN THE
CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS. THESE HIGHLANDS CONTAIN MOUNT KEKES
AT 1006M.
THE DANUBE AND THE TISZA, FLOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, WITH
THE DANUBE FLOODING THE GREAT HUNGARIAN PLAIN IN EARLY
SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER. THERE ARE THREE NATURAL LAKES IN
HUNGARY, WITH LAKE BALATON BEING THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD
AT 576SQ.KM.
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