Pannonian plainThe Pannonian plain is a large plain in central/south-eastern Europe that remained when the prehistoric Pannonian sea dried out. The river Danube divides the plain roughly in half. The plain is roughly bounded by the Carpathian mountains, the Alps, the Dinaric Alps and the Balkan mountains. Because of the long Carpathian border, it can also be referred to as the Carpathian Basin (Kárpát-medence in Hungarian). Although the rain is not plentiful, it usually falls when necessary and the plain is a major agricultural area; it is sometimes said that these fields could feed the whole of Europe. The plain is divided among Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Romania and Serbia and Montenegro. This more or less includes the historical territory of the Hungarian Kingdom.\nThe peripannonian lands, areas around this plain but not elevated like the surrounding mountains, also spread into Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Large areas of the plain that do not necessarily correspond to national borders include:
See also\n* Pannonia |
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