A geographical outline of Romania

Characteristic of the Romanian territory:
Romania is the presence of a variety of forms of relief within a relatively limited area,i.e.from the Black Sea coast to the Moldoveanu peak (2,544m) in the Fagaras mountains.
These include underground glaciers, caverns, fertile plains, hills covered with vineyards and orchards, tumultuous rivers, glacial and artificial lakes.
Romania's relief has a remarkable harmony and proportionality.
The symetry of the grouping of the principal relief features is also noteworthy: a large central depression, the Transylvanian Plateu is surrounded by the range of the Carpathians which are crossed by numerous valleys and well-populated depressions.
On the outer side, forming a slightly lower step of hills and valleys, lie the Sud-Carpathians which continue into the hilly regions and over large plains to the South and West.

That part of the South and East of the country, lying between the Danube and the Black Sea, Dobrudja, is a plateau ending at the coast with the sunny beaches.
Nearby lies the great Danube Delta which extends over an area of 134,000 hectares and is the lowest region of the country.
The Danube Delta is a uniquely exotic phenomenon in the European continent.
The main forms of relief are proportionally distributed:the mountains range accounting for 31 per cent, the hills and table lands for 36 per cent and the plains for 33 per cent of the total area.
Romania's network of rivers exhibits a radial pattern. The main rivers spring from the mountains and have a wide variety of rates of flow determined by climate.
As follows from its geographical position and its varied relief Romania has a temperate continental climate specific of this transitional zone.
There are marked differences in the temperature of summer and winter.
The average temperature throughout the year is 10 grade C.