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[[Image:Hortobágy.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Hortobágy]] on the [[Great Hungarian Plain]] with [[Racka]] sheep]]
[[Image:Hortobágy.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Hortobágy]] on the [[Great Hungarian Plain]] with [[Racka]] sheep]]
[[Image:Kekesteto1.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Kékes]], the highest mountain in Hungary.]]
[[Image:Kekesteto1.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Kékes]], the highest mountain in Hungary.]]
===Landscape===
Approximately slightly more than one half of Hungary's landscape consists of flat to rolling plains of the [[Carpathian Basin]]: the most important plain regions include the [[Little Hungarian Plain]] in the west, and the [[Great Hungarian Plain]] in the southeast. The highest elevation above sea level on the latter is only 183 metres.
[[Transdanubia]] is a primarily hilly region with a terrain varied by low mountains. These include the very eastern stretch of the [[Alps]], [[Alpokalja]], in the west of the country, the [[Transdanubian Medium Mountains]], in the cental region of Transdanubia, and the [[Mecsek]] Mountains and [[Villány Mountains]] in the south. The highest point of the area is the [[Írott-kő]] in the Alps, at 882 metres.
The highest mountains of the country are located in the [[Carpathians]]: these lie in the [[Northern Medium Mountains (Hungary)|northern parts]], in a wide band along the [[Slovakia]]n border (highest point: the [[Kékes]] at 3,327 [[Foot (unit of length)|ft]]; 1,014 m).
Hungary is divided in two by its main waterway, the [[Danube]] (Duna); other large rivers include the [[Tisza]] and [[Dráva]], while Transdanubia contains [[Lake Balaton]], a major body of water. The largest thermal lake in the world, [[Lake Hévíz]] ([[Hévíz Spa]]), is located in Hungary. The second largest lake in the [[Carpathian Basin]] is the artificial [[Lake Tisza]] (''Tisza-tó'').