Great Hungarian Plain
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| Location | Hungary (also connected with the multinational Pannonian plain) |
| Territory | 52,000 km² |
| Highest point | Hoportyó, 183 m |
| Lowest point | Tisza river |
| Terrain | Flat to rolling plains |
The Great Alföld, Alföld, or Great Hungarian Plain (Hungarian: Alföld ['ɑlføld̪] or Nagyalföld, Slovak: Veľká dunajská kotlina, Romanian: Câmpia Tisei, Serbian and Croatian: simply Panonski basen, Панонски басен - Pannonian basin or Panonska nizija, Панонска низија - Pannonian plain) is a plain/basin occupying the southern and eastern part of Hungary, some parts of eastern Slovakia (Východoslovenská nížina - Eastern Slovak Lowland), southwestern Ukraine (Zakarpats'ka nyzovyna - Transcarpathian Lowland), western Romania (various names), northern Serbia (various names), and eastern Croatia (various names). It is the largest part of the Pannonian plain.
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[edit] Boundaries
Its boundaries are the Carpathians in the north and east, the Transdanubian Medium Mountains and Croatian mountains in the southwest, and approximately the Sava river in the south.
[edit] Great Alföld in Hungary
Its territory is 52,000 km² within Hungary so it comprises approx. 56% of the country. Its total territory is 100,000 km².
The most important Hungarian writers inspired by and associated with the Alföld are Ferenc Móra and Zsigmond Móricz as well as the poets Sándor Petőfi and Gyula Juhász.
Among the Hungarian scientists born in the Alföld are Zoltán Bay physicist, János Irinyi chemist, inventor of the noiseless match, János Kabay pharmacologist, Gábor Kátai physician and pharmacist and Frigyes Korányi physician and pulmonologist.
The most important river of the Alföld is Tisza.
The notable cities and towns with medicinal baths are Berekfürdő, Cserkeszőlő, Gyula, Hajdúszoboszló, Szentes and Szolnok.
Among the cultural festivals and programmes characteristic of the region are the Csángófesztivál (Csángó Festival) in Jászberény, the Cseresznyefesztivál (Sweet Cherry Festival) in Nagykörű, the Gulyásfesztivál (Goulash Festival) in Szolnok, the Hídi Vásár (Bridge Fair) in Hortobágy, the Hunniális at Ópusztaszer, the Szabadtéri Játékok (Open-air Games) in Szeged, the Várjátékok (Castle Games) in Gyula, the Virágkarnevál (Flower Carnival) in Debrecen and the Fishherman's Soup Boiling Festival in Baja.
[edit] Parts
The Great Hungarian Plain comprises the following areas:
- Mezőföld
- Sárrét
- Sárköz
- Drávamellék
- Kiskunság
- Jászság
- Pest Plain
- Heves Plain
- Borsodi-Mezőség
- Bodrogköz
- Tiszahát
- Szatmár Plain
- Maros-Körös köze
- Körös-vidék
- Nagykunság
- Hortobágy
- Hajdúság
- Nyírség
[edit] See also
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Alpokalja | Kőszeg Mountains • Sopron Mountains • Vas Hills • Balfi Hills |
| Little Hungarian Plain | Hanság • Fertőzug • Neusiedl Basin • Rábaköz • Szigetköz • Marcali Basin • Moson Plain • Komárom-Esztergom Plain | |
| Transdanubia | Zala Hills • Inner Somogy • Outer Somogy • Zselic • Völgység • Szekszárd Hills • Baranya Hills • Villány Mountains | |
| Transdanubian Medium Mountains | Keszthely Mountains • Tapolca Basin • Balaton Uplands • Bakony • Bakonyalja • Sokoró • Vértesalja • Velence Mountains • Gerecse Mountains • Buda Mountains • Pilis Mountains • Visegrád Mountains | |
| Mecsek | Western Mecsek • Eastern Mecsek | |
| Northern Medium Mountains | Börzsöny • Cserhát • Mátra • Mátralába • Bükk • Aggtelek Karst • Zemplén Mountains | |
| Great Hungarian Plain | Mezőföld • Sárrét • Sárköz • Drávamellék • Kiskunság • Jászság • Pest Plain • Heves Plain • Borsodi-Mezőség • Bodrogköz • Tiszahát • Szatmár Plain • Maros-Körös köze • Körös-vidék • Nagykunság • Hortobágy • Hajdúság • Nyírség |
