Hungary is located in Central Europe and lies in the Carpathian Basin. 50% of the country's area is flat plains: the Great Plain occupying the entire eastern half of the country and the Lesser Plain located along the northwestern border. The northern part of the Great Plain called the Puszta.
The two largest rivers are the Danube (Duna) and the Tisza which traverse the country from north to south. The region lying between the two rivers is flat while the region west of the Danube, called Transdanubia, is hilly. The warmest lake in Central Europe, Lake Balaton is located there.
A mountainous region spans the country diagonally: the 400 to 700 meter high Transdanubian mountains west of the Danube and the Northern Mountain Range with peaks between 500 and 1000 meters. The northern highlands, a southern extension of the Carpathians, contain the highest point in Hungary, Kékes (1014 m), which is situated in the Mátra Mountains.
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