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THE RELIEF AND CLIMATE

The relief consists mainly in volcanic mountains of a low altitude. The table waters and moffetes are to be mentioned. Only around the town of Covasna – an important watering place – there are over 1,000 springs of table waters – some of them having a flow of 10,000 liters per hour. Rich in carbonic acid, these table waters are very different in taste and curative effects. This is the reason Covasna is a watering county with a lot of spas.

The ionized air, the radioactive mofettes situated on 40 km in radius, and carbogaseous waters determined the fame of Covasna Spa as the most complex cure spa in Europe.

A picturesque place is the Quay of Varghis on the Varghis Valley, in the Rarghita Mountains. The river cut in stone a narrow path which is 3 km long, and of an impressive wildness and natural beauty, with about 60 caves. The biggest one is the Meresti Cave and it is the longest cave in the Oriental Carpathians.

Having the municipality of Sfintu Gheorghe as its capital city, the Covasna county is also the county of the old fortified churches, peasant fortresses, wooden gates with dovecots and pillars carved in wood. They can be seen in towns as Sf. Gheorghe, Covasna, or Targu Secuiesc, but also in villages as Bodoc, Capeni, Olteni, Sanzieni, Valea Crisului a.o.

The fauna is very rich here especially in the Brelcu zone, but also in other forests and zones of this county. The hunting of bear, wolf, Carpathian stag, roebuck, capercaillie, hare is an usual sport. The Reci, Oltul and Raul Negru Lakes, numerous valleys and clear rivulets are good places for fishers.

Situated at 564 m. altitude, Covasna has the climate of intra-mountain depression with cool summers and mild winds. The annual average temperature is 7 Celsius degrees and the humidity – 75-80%.