Vrancea County

Relief, climate, rivers and lakes from Vrancea County:

Vrancea County has a relief composed by mountains in the west part (Vrancei Mountains), Curvature Sub Carpathians are in the central part and Moldova’s Plain and Siretului Meadow (Inferior’s Siret Plain) are in the east part. Most of the territory has a height between 100 and 800 meters, but the maximum altitude is in Lăcăuți peak of 1.777 meters height. Vrancea County‘s climate is temperate-continental and varies a lot depending the elevation. In the mountain area the annual average of the temperature is  4-6º C while on the plain is 9-10º C with hot summers and cold winters. The main rivers with their tributaries are Siret, Trotus, Ramnicu Sarat and Putna Rivers and the largest lakes are Calimanesti, Negru (Black), Verde (Green) or Mandresti Lakes.

Flora and fauna, tourist objectives and attractions:

Due to the complexity of the relief forms, flora and all the forest types are present here from deciduous forests (beech, oak, poplar, ash, elm or holm) till the coniferous ones (fir, spruce, pine). Fauna is also various from rodents, woodpeckers, partridges, squirrels, foxes, martens, wild boars and other prairie animals till brown bears, lynxes, wolves, wild cats, deer, roe deer and other animals specific to the mountain area. (Find more journeys on blog.worldlifetimejourneys.com) The most important tourist objectives and attractions from Vrancea County are Focsani City with its parks and museums, Muntele Furu Natural Reservation, Tisitei Keys Natural Reservation, Cozia’s Keys Natural Reservation and other natural reservations, Focul Viu (the Alive Fire) from Andreiasu de Jos (Lower Andreiasu) Protected Reservation, Putna’s Waterfall, Siret’s Meadow, Negru (Black) Lake, the vine plantations well known in Europe, Lepsa and Straoane Monasteries and many others. Visit Vrancea County!

Heroes Mausoleum from Marasesti, Vrancea County

 Focsani City