2301_PREZENTARE Geografia Romaniei

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ROMANIAROMANIA

Romanian Information Centre in Brussels January 2006


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GEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHY


LOCATIONLOCATION

SoutheasternSoutheastern

EuropeEurope

GeographicGeographic

coordinates:coordinates:

46 00 N46 00 N

25 00 E25 00 E


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Land boundaries total: 2,508 kmLand boundaries total: 2,508 km

Border countries and seaBorder countries and sea


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Romania - total area: 237,500 sq km

The 12thcountry inarea inEurope

after UK.


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POPULATIONPOPULATION

21 mil. inhabitants

73% live in urban areas

Another 8 mil Romanianslive abroad



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RomaniaRomania three vitalthree vital

landscape features:landscape features:

1. Variation

2.Proportionality

3. Concentricalrelief forms



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Variation and proportionality combined

plains (36%)

hills and plateaus (33%)mountains (31%)


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Historical provinces


The borders of the provinces have been mainly decided by the natural features


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Lowest point:Lowest point:

Black Sea 0 mBlack Sea 0 m

Elevation extremes

Highest point:Highest point:

Moldoveanu (FagarasMoldoveanu (Fagaras

Mountains)Mountains) 2.544 m2.544 m


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The Black Sea

Romania

Bulgaria

Turkey

Georgia

Russia

Ukraine


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245 km of RomanianBlack Sea Coast


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Black Sea resorts someof the finest

tourist attractions in the

country


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The Danube Delta


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Its the youngest land in Europe, it grows

larger by 40 m of land every year


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The largest wetland inEurope with over 1,200

species of trees and plants

and the richestornithological fauna on the

continent

Danube Delta UNESCO haritage


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Jacques-Yves Cousteau and hisCousteau Foundation teamhave studied Danube Delta in

1991 and

created an international

centre for education, trainingand scientific meetings in

environmental protection anddeltas ecology problems

Did you know that


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The Danube River


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The majestic Danube GorgeThe majestic Danube Gorge


Ri


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Siret

Prut

Bistrita

Mures

Olt

Arges

Rivers

Ialomiza

Somes

Jiu

Buzau


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Arges

Rivers

Bistrita

Olt


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Lakes


Rosu

Techirgiol

Razelm

Snagov

St. Ana

Sinoe

Brates

Tasau

i iR i M t i


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Romanian MountainsRomanian Mountains

Dominate the middle of the country like a natural fotress


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The Carpathians

Three large Carpathic

units are to be foundon the Romaniasterritory:

the Eastern

Carpathians, the SouthernCarpathians,the Western

Carpathians


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WindWind--modeledmodeled

stones in anstones in anEgyptian styleEgyptian style--

the Sphinxthe Sphinx

Th C hi


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The Carpathians preserve

traces from the glacial period

and the valleys and the

glacial lakes increasing thebeauty of the landscape


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Muddy volcanoes foundin the region where the mountains take a turn towards West.


Caves


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Scarisoara cave entranceand interior

Caves

Wintertime


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Wintertime

SummertimeSummertime


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SummertimeSummertime


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Majestic human creations

in the heart of Carpathians


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CLIMATE IN ROMANIA - Continental temperate

Sunny summers with frequentshowers and thunderstorms

Cold, cloudy winters withfrequent snow and fog

Romania has an excellent climate for


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Romania has an excellent climate forgrowing wine



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natural gasnatural gas

petroleumpetroleum timbertimber

coalcoal

iron oreiron ore

saltsalt

arable landarable land

hydropowerhydropower

granitegranite

sandsand

stone quarries, etcstone quarries, etc

Natural resourcesNatural resources


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Land use

arable land: 45%

permanent crops: 2%

meadows and pastures: 18%

forest and woodland: 26%others: 9%

Irrigated land: 31,000 sq km


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The railway network

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Roads

Romania-highway projects


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Romania-highway projects

Development regions from


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Development regions fromRomania - EU

1. North East

2. South East

8. Bucharest and Ilfov3. South, Muntenia

4. South West, Oltenia

5. West

6. North West 7. Center

At the end of the rainbow


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At the end of the rainbowyoull find a pot of gold


BUCHAREST


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BUCHAREST

Romania's capital was once known as the "Little Paris."


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BucharestBucharest Fast FactsFast FactsPopulation: 2.2 million

Inhabited since: 500

BC First documented: 1459 AD



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Triumphal Arch

Romanian Athenaeum


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The Romanian Senate

Central National Libraryand the European Union

Info Center in Bucharest


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Press Building

r HRomanian Information Centre in Brussels January 2006

The National Opera


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The People House

Is the second biggest

building in the world

after the Pentagon

The European Transport Corridors


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The European Transport Corridors

The Park is directly

beside:

Trans European

Corridor No IV

motorway (Berlin Istanbul) the primary

road link to Western

Europe

Corridor No.IX(Helsinki

Alexandoupolis)

River Corridor No.VII

(Constanta Rhine)

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