The Central Moldavian Plateau , or Codru Massif is a geographic area in Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

. It is the central and SE part of the Moldavian Plateau

Moldavian Plateau

The Moldavian Plateau is a geographic area spanning northeast Romania, most of Moldova , and most of the Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine.-Limits:The Moldavian Plateau is bounded :...

. It has elevations that in the N-S direction decrease in altitude from 400 m to under 200 m.

The Central Moldavian Plateau is composed of:

• Ciuluc-Soloneţ Hills , alongated in the north along the right side of the Răut river, 1,690 km²
• Corneşti Hills , also known as Cordi Hills , 4,740 km²
• Lower Dniester Hills, or South Bessarabia Plateau , alongated to the south of the Botna river, 3,040 km²
• Tigheci Hills , alongated in the south along the left side of the Prut river, 3,550 km²
• between the latter and the Prut river lies the Lower Prut Valley , 1,810 km²

The natural vegetation of the Central Moldavian Plateau is characterized by forests, known as Codru (singular) or Codri (plural). It is also an area proper for vineyard

Vineyard

A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice...

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