Editing Geography of Hungary (section)

==Plains and hills==
{{main|Little Hungarian Plain|Transdanubia|Great Alföld}}
[[File:Mesoregions of Hungary.png|thumb|right|Physico-geographical mesoregions of Hungary: {{olist |[[Great Hungarian Plain]] |[[North Hungarian Mountains]] |[[Transdanubian Mountains]] |[[Transdanubian Hills]] |[[Little Hungarian Plain]] |[[West-Hungarian Borderland]]}}]]

[[File:Hortobágy.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hortobágy National Park]] on the [[Great Hungarian Plain]] with [[Racka]] sheep]]
The Little Alföld or Little Hungarian Plain is a plain (tectonic basin) of approximately 8,000&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> in northwestern Hungary, southwestern Slovakia and eastern Austria, along the lower course of the [[Rába]] River, with high quality fertile soils.

The Transdanubia region lies in the western part of the country, bounded by the Danube River, the Drava River, and the remainder of the country's border with Slovenia and Croatia. It lies south and west of the course of the Danube. It contains Lake Fertő and Lake Balaton. The region consists mostly of rolling hills. Transdanubia is primarily an agricultural area, with flourishing crops, livestock, and viticulture. Mineral deposits and oil are found in [[Zala County|Zala county]] close to the border of Croatia.

The Great Alföld contains the basin of the Tisza River and its branches. It encompasses more than half of the country's territory. Bordered by mountains on all sides, it has a variety of terrains, including regions of fertile soil, sandy areas, wastelands, and swampy areas. Hungarians have inhabited the Great Plain for at least a millennium. Here is found the [[puszta]], a long, and uncultivated expanse (the most famous such area still in existence is the [[Hortobágy National Park]]), with which much Hungarian folklore is associated. In earlier centuries, the Great Plain was unsuitable for farming because of frequent flooding. Instead, it was the home of massive herds of cattle and horses. In the last half of the 19th century, the government sponsored programs to control the riverways and expedite inland drainage in the Great Plain. With the danger of recurrent flooding largely eliminated, much of the land was placed under cultivation, and herding ceased to be a major contributor to the area's economy.