Geography
Romania shares its borders with Moldova in the North, Ukraine in the east, Hungary and Yugoslavia in the west, and Bulgaria in the south. The country has only 130 miles of coastline, where it borders the Black Sea in the southeast. Its capital city is Bucharest.
The country's geography is diverse: from mountains, rolling hills and rural farmlands to white sandy beaches along the Black Sea Coast.
A series of mountain ranges including the Carpathian extend from the northern border to the center of the country. Romania's mountains are neither extremely high nor steep, and several passes cut through them. The mountains surround a vast flatland known as the Transylvanian Plateau. These flatlands have the country's best farmland and most of its cities and towns. Vast forests cover parts of the Transylvanian Plateau and the mountains. The mountains are, in turn, surrounded by plains on the east, south, and west.
Romania has many rivers. The longest is the Danube River. It flows about 900 miles through Romania from west to east along the southern border. Most of Romania's other major rivers including Jiu, Oltul, Arges, Ialomita, Siretul, and Prut flow into the Danube from the north. |
