6.2.5. Report Favourable region - Central Europe

3 Bratislavský kraj in Slovakia
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Primary, as a favourable region, was selected Bratislava Region (Bratislavský kraj) for imlemetation
of formalization scenario. There are also Trnava and Nitra Regions(Trnavský kraj, Nitriansky kraj)
that colud be influenced by effects of fomalization scenario too.
Figure 10. Selected favourable region
3.1 Geographical data
Bratislava Region / Bratislavský kraj
The region is located in the south-western part of Slovakia and has an area of 2,053 km² and
a population of 622,706 (2009). The region is split by the Little Carpathians which start in Bratislava
and continue north-eastwards; these mountains separate two lowlands, the Záhorie lowland in the
west and the fertile Danubian Lowland in the east, which grows mainly wheat and maize. Major
rivers in the region are the Morava River, the Danube and the Little Danube; the last of these,
together with the Danube, encircle the Žitný ostrov in the south-east. There are three protected
landscape areas in the region: the Little Carpathians, Záhorie and Dunajské luhy. The region
borders Trnava Region in the north and east, Győr-Moson-Sopron county in Hungary in the south,
Burgenland in Austria in the south-west and Lower Austria in the west.