The Danubian Hills also translated as Danubian Upland, is the north-eastern, more mountain-like, part of the Danubian Lowland

Danubian Lowland

The Danubian Lowland or Danube Lowland is the name of the part of Little Alföld situated in Slovakia, located between the Danube, the Little Carpathians and all other parts of the Western Carpathians....

 in Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

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It lies between the Danubian Flat

Danubian Flat

The Danubian Flat , also translated as Danubian Plain, is the south-western, more flat, part of the Danubian Lowland in Slovakia.The border with the Danubian Hills runs approx...

 and the Danube

Danube

The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

 in the south, the Little Carpathians

Little Carpathians

The Little Carpathians are a low, about 100 km long, mountain range, part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountains are situated in Western Slovakia, covering the area from Bratislava to Nové Mesto nad Váhom, a very small part called Hundsheimer Berge is situated south of Devín Gate in...

 in the west and all the other Western Carpathians

Western Carpathians

The Western Carpathians are a mountain range and geomorphological province that forms the western part of the Carpathian Mountains.The mountain belt stretches from the Low Beskids range of the Eastern Carpathians along the border of Poland with Slovakia toward the Moravian region of the Czech...

 in the north and east. The border with the Danubian Flat runs approx. along the line Bratislava

Bratislava

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

 – Senec – Sereď

Sered

Sereď is a town in southern Slovak Republic near Trnava, on the right bank of the Váh River on the Danubian Lowland. It has аpproximately 17,000 inhabitants.It has a hotel, cinema, culture house, many restaurants and confectioner's shops.-Geography:...

 – Nové Zámky

Nové Zámky

Nové Zámky is a town in southwestern Slovakia.-Geography:The town is located on the Danubian Lowland, on the Nitra River, at an altitude of 119 metres. It is located around 100 km from Bratislava and around 25 km from the Hungarian border. It is a road and railway hub of southern...

 – Patince

Patince

Patince is a village and municipality in the Komárno District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.-Geography:The village lies at an altitude of 111 metres and covers an area of 11.306 km².It has a population of about 450 people....

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The area has varied rocks (clay

Clay

Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic matter. Geologic clay deposits are mostly composed of phyllosilicate minerals containing variable amounts of water trapped in the mineral structure.- Formation :Clay minerals...

, gravel

Gravel

Gravel is composed of unconsolidated rock fragments that have a general particle size range and include size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments. Gravel can be sub-categorized into granule and cobble...

, sands

Sands

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), which are covered by Quaternary

Quaternary

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 sediments (loess

Loess

Loess is an aeolian sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown silt, typically in the 20–50 micrometre size range, twenty percent or less clay and the balance equal parts sand and silt that are loosely cemented by calcium carbonate...

) and very fertile soils (black and brown earths).

Major towns of the area are Trnava

Trnava

Trnava is a city in western Slovakia, 47 km to the north-east of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of a kraj and of an okres . It was the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishopric . The city has a historic center...

, Topoľčany

Topolcany

Topoľčany .The name Topoľčany was assumed to be derived from topoľ, Slovak for poplar tree. Groves of these trees were once abundant on the banks of the Nitra River...

, Nitra

Nitra

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, Levice

Levice

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, Dudince

Dudince

Dudince is a spa town in southern Slovakia, with a population of 1,500. It is known for its healing mineral waters and spas.-Geography:...

 and Štúrovo

Štúrovo

Štúrovo is a town in Slovakia, situated on the River Danube. Its population in 2005 was 11,172.The town is situated opposite the Hungarian city of Esztergom. The Mária Valéria bridge connects the settlements. The bridge was destroyed in 1944 during World War II, but reconstructed in...

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The Váh

Váh

The Váh is the longest river in entire Slovakia. A left tributary of the Danube river, the Váh is 406 km long, including its Čierny Váh branch...

, Nitra

Nitra River

The Nitra is a 197 km long river in western Slovakia. It flows into the Váh river close to its confluence with the Danube in Komárno. Its source is in the Malá Fatra mountains north of Prievidza. The river Nitra passes through the towns of Bojnice, Topoľčany, Nitra and Nové Zámky....

, Žitava

Žitava River

The Žitava River is a 99.3 km long river in southern Slovakia. It is the right tributary of the Nitra river.-See also:* Peace of Zsitvatorok...

, Hron

Hron

Hron is a 298 km long left tributary of the Danube and the second longest river in Slovakia. It flows from its source located in the Low Tatra mountains through central and southern Slovakia, pouring into the Danube near Štúrovo and Esztergom...

 and Ipeľ

Ipel

Ipeľ or Ipoly is a 232 km long river in Slovakia and Hungary, tributary to the river Danube. Its source is in central Slovakia in the Slovenské rudohorie Mountains...

 rivers divide the area into the following 11 geomorphological parts (from the west to the east):

• Trnavská pahorkatina (Trnava Hills)
• Dolnovážska niva (Lower Váh River Plain)
• Nitrianska pahorkatina (Nitra Hills)
• Nitrianska niva (Nitra River Plain)
• Žitavská pahorkatina (Žitava Hills)
• Žitavská niva (Žitava River Plain)
• Hronská pahorkatina (Hron Hills)
• Hronská niva (Hron River Plain)
• Čenkovská niva (Čenkov River Plain)
• Ipeľská pahorkatina (Ipeľ Hills)
• Ipeľská niva (Ipeľ River Plain)

The above mentioned river plains have rich subterranean reservoirs of water. Other important water deposits include the deposits in Dudince

Dudince

Dudince is a spa town in southern Slovakia, with a population of 1,500. It is known for its healing mineral waters and spas.-Geography:...

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The area features many small-scale protected areas. The communities of the marshes are protected e.g. in Parížske močiare ("Paríž Marshes"). Various typed of sand prairie or forest prairie vegetation can be found here (Čenkovská step, Chotínske piesky). Also, protected residues or original thermopile oak

Oak

An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...

groves (Dubník, Vŕšok) are situated here.