Editing Pécs (section)

== Geography ==
Pécs is located in the [[Carpathian Basin]] of [[Central Europe]], in the center of the southern Hungarian county of [[Baranya (county)|Baranya]]. It is bordered by the [[Mecsek]] hills to the north, and by a rolling plain to the south. Pécs has a significant [[mining]] past. Mecsek dolomitic water is famous for its steady, balanced high density of minerals.

The city of Pécs is located near the border of Croatia. Its southern part is rather flat whereas its northern part clings to the slope of the Mecsek mountains. It has a very favorable climate, and is bordered by a flourishing woody area. During hot summer nights a cooling air streams down from Mecsek to clean the air of the city.<ref>[http://www.pecs2010.hu/hun/ Pécs klímája] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609080653/http://www.pecs2010.hu/hun/ |date=2008-06-09 }}</ref>

Pécs is bordered by plains to the south (elevation 120–130 m), while the Mecsek mountains rise up to elevations of 400–600 meters behind the city. Jakab-hill, located in the western Mecsek, is 592&nbsp;m (1942&nbsp;ft) tall, Tubes, straight above Pécs, is 612&nbsp;m (2008&nbsp;ft) tall, and Misina is 535&nbsp;m (1755&nbsp;ft) tall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kislexikon.hu/mecsek-hegyseg.html|title=Mecsek-hegység - Lexikon ::|first=BioDigit|last=Kft.|website=www.kislexikon.hu|access-date=2010-04-05|archive-date=2010-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125202632/http://www.kislexikon.hu/mecsek-hegyseg.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Higher parts of the city climb up to 200–250 m (656 to 820&nbsp;ft), mainly [[Pécsbánya]], [[Szabolcsfalu]], [[Vasas (Pécs)|Vasas]] and [[Somogy (Pécs)|Somogy]]. Woody areas generally start from elevations of about 300&nbsp;m (984&nbsp;ft). The Mecsek hills are marked by numerous valleys which play a key role in ameliorating the climate of the city in the absence of lakes and rivers. Waters coming down from the Mecsek hills flow into the Pécsi stream under the east–west rail road leading them eventually to the [[Danube]].