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10-1001: Bukovinian Subcarpathians Moldavian Subcarpathians Suceava Plateau Dniester Hills Moldavian Plain Bârlad Plateau Central Moldavian Plateau Bălți Steppe Bugeac Steppe Danube Siret ( Moldova , Suceava ) Prut Dniester ( Răut ) Black Sea Romania Moldova Flora of Romania Flora of Moldova List of mammals in Romania List of mammals in Moldova Protected areas in Romania Protected areas in Moldova Dniester Hills ( Romanian : Dealurile Nistrului ), also known as Northern Moldavian Plateau ( Romanian : Podişul Moldovei de Nord )

20-525: A high degree of deforestation that occurred in the 19th century, and the tradition. Crops, vegetables, industrial plants (such as tobacco), fruit trees (such as apple trees), fodder for livestock, and occasionally grapes, potatoes, and berry shrubs are cultivated. The agriculture is overwhelmingly dominant over the traditional vegetation, (deciduous) forests , and only occasionally forest steppes . Traditional wildlife - wolves, foxes, rabbits, boars, roes, storks, geese, ducks - are very rarely found outside

30-713: Is a geographic area in the north east of Romania , one of the components of the Moldavian Plateau . Despite the name, the Moldavian Plain is not flat, but rather a region dotted with hills, part of the Moldavian Plateau. The Plain is situated in the center-north part of the Moldavian Plateau. It has elevations of c. 200 m (660 ft), and is composed of the Upper and the Lower Jijia Plains . Before 1940,

40-711: Is a geographic area that comprises most of the northern Moldova , and parts of the Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine . Dniester Hills are the N and NE component of the Moldavian Plateau . Dniester Hills run and ridge along the Dniester River , from the Colachin river, an affluent of the Prut river , and the Plonini Forest to the point where Dniester receives its tributary Răut . The river Dniester in turn bounds Dniester Hills to

50-1645: The Suceava Plateau on the low side, and the Eastern Carpathian Mountains on the upper side. The area consists of: Bukovinian Subcarpathians Moldavian Subcarpathians Suceava Plateau Dniester Hills Moldavian Plain Bârlad Plateau Central Moldavian Plateau Bălți Steppe Bugeac Steppe Danube Siret ( Moldova , Suceava ) Prut Dniester ( Răut ) Black Sea Romania Moldova Flora of Romania Flora of Moldova List of mammals in Romania List of mammals in Moldova Protected areas in Romania Protected areas in Moldova Moldavian Plain Bukovinian Subcarpathians Moldavian Subcarpathians Suceava Plateau Dniester Hills Moldavian Plain Bârlad Plateau Central Moldavian Plateau Bălți Steppe Bugeac Steppe Danube Siret ( Moldova , Suceava ) Prut Dniester ( Răut ) Black Sea Romania Moldova Flora of Romania Flora of Moldova List of mammals in Romania List of mammals in Moldova Protected areas in Romania Protected areas in Moldova Moldavian Plain ( Romanian : Câmpia Moldovei )

60-694: The Suceava Plateau to the west, the Northern Moldovan Plateau to the north, and the Bârlad Plateau to the south. The Plain is limited to the east by the Prut River In the south of the western part lies the valley of the Jijia River , a tributary of the Prut. The region is a traditional agricultural area, favored by several factors, such as the black earth (earth with a very high natural fertility),

70-589: The N and E, and separates them from the Podolian Plateau . Dniester Hills are separated from the rest of the Moldavian Plateau ( Suceava Plateau , Jijia Plain , Bălți steppe , Central Moldavian Plateau ) by the passages formed in the valley of the Răut River and its tributaries, and partly by those of the Prut River and its tributaries. Dniester Hills have elevations of cca. 300 m. They are composed of: Due to

80-511: The phenomenon of ridges along the right side bank of the river Dniester, the waters falling directly in the Dniester are only several small creeks. The NW part of the Dniester Hills, is characterized by numerous creeks sourcing only one or two hills away from the Dniester but falling into the river Prut, a tributary of Danube. The SE part of the Dniester Hills is characterized by creeks falling into

90-593: The river Răut, which itself afterwards falls into the Dniester. Bukovinian Subcarpathians Bukovinian Subcarpathians ( Romanian : Subcarpații Bucovinei , Obcinele Bucovinei ) is a geographic area in the NNE of Romania ( Suceava County ) and SWW of Ukraine ( Chernivtsi Oblast ), situated to the east and north-east of the Eastern Carpathian Mountains . It is a subunit of the Eastern Carpathian Foothills . The Bukovinian Subcarpathians are bounded by

100-732: The term used to mean the Jijia Plain together with the Middle Prut Valley and the Bălți Steppe , because the three regions have an identical relief and natural vegetation. To make the things even more complicated, in Moldova sometimes the Bălți Steppe and the Middle Prut Valley are lumped together into one term, Bălți Steppe. The Moldavian Plain is surrounded from all three sides by hills:

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