Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Climate & Geography



Geography
Hungary is a country in central Europe and northwest of Romania. It measures about 250 kilometers from north to south and 524 kilometers from east to west. Hungary shares the boundaries with Austria, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania, the Ukraine to the northeast, and Slovakia. Hungary has three major geographic regions; the Great Plain, lying east of the Danube River; the Transdanubia, a hilly region ;and the Northern Hills, which is a mountainous and hilly country. Also, there is no coast line because Hungary is landlocked area. Fifty percent of Hungary's territory consists of flat lands; the Alfold ,knouwn as the Great Plain which stretches to the east and south of Budapest. At the top of the eastern portion of the country are the mountain ranges of northern Hungary. The two most important rivers, the Danube and the Tisza are navigable on their whole Hungarian length. The Danube River, running north-south, partitions the country into two distinct regions. The country's best natural resource is fertile land. About 70% of the country's total territory is suitable for agriculture. Hungary does not have enough domestic sources of energy for industrial development.

Climate
Hungary has a continental climate. Summers are hot and long , and winters are cold. By the 1980s, the countryside was beginning to show the effects of pollution, both from herbicides used in agriculture and from industrial pollutants. The most noticeable thing is the gradual contamination of the country's water and it threatens fish and wildlife.

The best time to visit to Hungary
The best time to visit is May to September. However I want to recommend Spring (May and June), though quite wet, is the best time to visit to Hungary because during summers (July and August) it is too crowded and most hotels offer their prices very high and in winters, most of the tourist attractions are closed.

Natural attraction to visit
I want to recommend you go to winery. Wine production has a long history in Hungary. There are two languages of a word for wine; Greek and Hungarian. The Hungarian word is bor. There is a record that they have done viticulture in the territory of today's Hungary in the Roman times. The arriving Hungarians took over the practice and maintained it ever since. Today, there are numerous wine regions in Hungary, and they produce good quality and inexpensive wines comparable to Western European ones. The majority of the country's wine regions are located in the mountains or in the hills, such as Transdanubian Medium Mountains, Northern Medium Mountains, and Villány Mountains.

1 comment:

  1. Great job!

    . Geogrphy (spelling in the title)
    . Hungary shares the boundary (make plural)
    . Hungary is landclocked area(spelling & AA)

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    . May to september (CAPS)
    . to make a visit to Hungary (OWs)
    . there is too much crowded (reword)

    . I want to recommand you (spelling & reword)
    . you go to winery
    . languages of word (reword)

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