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==Geography== In the lower, west part of [[Slovakia]], the Trnava region forms a territorial band between the [[Bratislava Region]] and the rest of Slovakia, between [[Austria]]n and [[Czech Republic|Czech]] borders in the north and north-west and the [[Hungary|Hungarian]] border in the south.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What Europe does for me - #EUandME |url=https://what-europe-does-for-me.europarl.europa.eu/en/region/SK021 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=what-europe-does-for-me.europarl.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref> The part north of the [[Little Carpathians]] is part of the [[Záhorie]] Lowland, with its two subdivisions: hilly Chvojnická pahorkatina and flat Borská nížina. In addition to these, the [[Myjava Hills]] and the [[White Carpathians]] reach into the area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trnavský kraj – Trnava Region – slovakia.com |url=https://www.slovakia.com/regions/trnavsky-kraj-trnava-region/ |access-date=2024-11-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> The fertile [[Danubian Lowland]] is located south of the Little Carpathians, again with two subdivisions: the [[Danubian Flat]] in the south, containing river island of [[Žitný ostrov]] (Rye Island) and the [[Danubian Hills]] in the north, where it also borders the [[Považský Inovec]] range app. on the line [[Hlohovec]] - [[Piešťany]] - border with the Trenčín Region.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Trnava region {{!}} SARIO, Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency |url=https://www.sario.sk/en/trnava-region |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=www.sario.sk}}</ref> Major rivers are the [[Danube]] on the Hungarian border, with part of the [[Gabčíkovo Dam]], [[Little Danube]], which creates with Danube the island of Žitný ostrov, [[Váh]] in the east, [[Dudváh]] in the centre, and [[Morava (river)|Morava River]] in the north-west, along the Austrian and Czech borders.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trnava Region |url=https://rdvegtc.eu/the-organs-of-rdv-egtc/founders/trnava-region/?lang=en#:~:text=The%20area%20is%20rich%20in,the%20V%C3%A1h%20and%20the%20Morava. |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=RDVEGTC |language=en-US}}</ref> The region borders: Austrian [[Lower Austria]] and Czech [[South Moravian Region]] in the north-west, [[Trenčín Region]] in the north, [[Nitra Region]] in the east, Hungarian [[Győr-Moson-Sopron County|Győr-Moson-Sopron]] county in the south and [[Bratislava Region]] in the west.
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