Geography

  About Hungary's geography
 

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Hungary occupies the low-lying areas of the Carpathian basin. Two-thirds of the territory consist of plains below 200 metres.

Some data

Area: 93,030 square km, 1% of the area of Europe

Location:

Northern latitude 45 48' - 48 35'

Eastern longitude 16 05' - 22 58'

State border length: 2,242 km

of which 
the Ukraine        215 km 
Romania            432 km 
former Yugoslavia  631 km 
Austria            356 km 
Slovakia           608 km 

Height above sea level: 
under 200 m        84% 
200-400 m          14% 
above 400 m         2% 

Highest peak: Kekes 1014m (in the Matra mountains)

Longest rivers:

Danube - Hungarian stretch 417 km (full length 2,860 km)

(tributaries: Raba, Drava, Sio, Ipoly)

Tisza - Hungarian stretch 598 km (full length 962 km)

(tributaries: Szamos, Kraszna, the Koros rivers, Maros, Hernad, Sajo, Berettyo)

Largest lakes:

Balaton       598 square km surface area 
Velence lake   26 square km surface area 
Ferto lake    322 square km surface area (Hungarian part 82 square km)