Multi-purpose river training and water utilization

Hungary

Geography

Hungary is a landlocked country in East-Central Europe with a land area of 93,030 Sq.Km. It measures about 250 Km from north to south and 524 Km from east to west. It has 2,216 Km of boundaries, shared with Austria to the west, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia to the south and southwest, Romania to the southeast, Ukraine to the northeast, and Slovakia to the north. Hungary is a mostly flat country, dominated by the Great Hungarian Plain east of the Danube. The plain includes approximately 56% of the country’s land. The terrain ranges from flat to rolling plains. The Danube is the major river, as it divides the country almost in half, and is navigable within Hungary for 418 Km.

Population and land use

The population of Hungary is 9.8 Million as per the Population reference Bureau (2019). The most important agricultural zones are the Little Hungarian Plain (it has t ...Read more