The Pannonian Plain is a large plain in Central Europe that remained when the Pliocene Pannonian Sea dried out. It is a geomorphological subsystem of the Alps-Himalaya system.
The river Danube divides the plain roughly in half.
The plain is divided among Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
The plain is roughly bounded by the Carpathian mountains, the Alps,
the Dinaric Alps and the Balkan mountains.
Although rain is not plentiful, it usually falls when necessary and
the plain is a major agricultural area; it is sometimes said that
these fields of rich loamy loess soil could feed the whole of Europe.
For its early settlers, the plain offered few sources of metals or
stone. Thus when archaeologists come upon objects of obsidian or
chert, copper or gold, they have almost unparalleled opportunities to
interpret ancient pathways of trade.
The precursor to the present plain was a shallow sea that reached its greatest extent during the Pliocene, when three to four kilometres of sediments were deposited.
The plain was named after the Pannonians, a northern Illyrian tribe. Various different peoples inhabited the plain during its history. In the first century BC, the eastern parts of the plain belonged to the Dacian state, and in the first century AD its western parts were subsumed into the Roman Empire. The Roman province named Pannonia was established in the area, and the city of Sirmium, today Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, became one of the four capital cities of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century.
B℮n, Pierre Contant, Toni_V, and 400 other people added this photo to their favorites.
View 20 more comments
gabijaume 51 months ago | reply
me encanta todas tus fotos son preciosas absolutamente todas
dottt888 51 months ago | reply
WOW awesome
sarah.parklee 51 months ago | reply
This is amazing. I love your vibrancy. Good composition and colours ! You should sell this to Corbis !
Chris Lupetti: www.chrislupetti.com 51 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Flicktographer's Hall Of Fame, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
nelventredellabalena 51 months ago | reply
great shot!!!
cgambarrotti 50 months ago | reply
What film did you use?
I like your pictures.
plponio [deleted] 49 months ago | reply
amazing <3
MaxChi88 49 months ago | reply
WOW!
cristeeny 49 months ago | reply
This made me stop and stare. Its absolutely beautiful! Bravo!
Kuzeytac 46 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called "Quality Only" Scape Club P1-C2, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Super Scape!
We will be happy to have this in...
The "Quality Only" Scape Club
--
Found in a search. ( ?² )
sarawan1 46 months ago | reply
all the beauties of the world brief in this beautiful photos.well done katarina thanks FLICKR.
noam koren 44 months ago | reply
wow!
AnnuskA - AnnA Theodora 44 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 6000 views + 240 faves, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
impressive!
what a place!
wonderful colors!
Mangini Adalberto & Laura 44 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The PARAGON Gallery - [Post 1/Comm 1]- ***ADMIN INVITE ONLY***, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
tobybear 43 months ago | reply
Fantastic - beautiful feel to this picture.
greekpunk 42 months ago | reply
perfect pic!
Hunkar Salci 41 months ago | reply
Beautiful Work!
torsten hansen (berlin) 28 months ago | reply
great landscape capture - absolutely brilliant artwork - greetings from berlin! torsten
Dreaming ... 25 months ago | reply
Its a great shot !!
Congratulations! Your photo has been nominated as a Real Magic
You are invited : to post your wonderful picture to Real Magic
Please : read the Group Rules and tag your photo RealMagic
Post 1~Fave 1~Comment 2
SpeedSparkz 6 weeks ago | reply
superb