International Student Guide - Ion Ionescu de la Brad

Climate: Romania has a climate that is
transitional between temperate and continental,
with four distinct seasons. The average annual
temperature is 11 °C (52 °F) in the South and 8
°C (46 °F) in the North.
It lies between latitudes 43° and 49° N, and
longitudes 20° and 30° E.
Romania's terrain is distributed roughly equally
between mountainous, hilly and lowland
territories. The Carpathian Mountains dominate
the centre of Romania.
Natural environment: 47% of the land area of
the country is covered with natural and seminatural
ecosystems. Since almost half of all
forests in Romania (13% of the country) have
been managed for watershed conservation
rather than production, Romania has one of the
largest areas of undisturbed forest in Europe.
The integrity of Romanian forest ecosystems is
indicated by the presence of the full range of
European forest fauna, including 60% and 40%
of all European brown bears and wolves,
respectively. There are also almost 400 unique
species of mammals (of which Carpathian
chamois are best known), birds, reptiles and
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amphibians in Romania. The fauna consists of
33,792 species of animals, 33,085 invertebrate
and 707 vertebrate.