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The village is placed into an open to north depression of Niculiţel Plateau, at the foot of Niculiţel Hills, one day completely covered by forests (at the southeastern, southern and southwestern part).At the northern side of the locality, the land morphology presents itself as little waved plain which spreads until Kapaclia Valley, where it makes the border with the territory of Isaccea. The locality seems to be settled into a natural fortress with a single gate, the northern one.

From the geological point of view, Niculiţel Plateau has its relief developed on Triassic eruptive formations, diabasis which have the largest spread in the sector between the locality Revărsarea (about 18 km from Niculiţel) and Sarica Hill, main rocks which compose Niculiţel Plateau. The Triassic geological formations are covered by a Quaternary loess counterpane, in which the runoff channels for pluvial and snow melting waters.

Towards the Danube's Holm, Niculiţel Plateau ends by a connecting step developed also in the space of some depressions, composed by glacises which take here and there the form of pseudo-terraces in loess like deposits.

The landscape is characterized by maximum altitudes of 300 m, by the presence of rounded summits, rocky steeps and slopes especially in the northern part. Niculiţel Massif, 300 - 400 m high, is a prolongation of the ancient Măcin Mountains. The massif foot has natural conditions favorable for fruit tree growing and viticulture. The southwestern part of the locality is surrounded by the summits: Piatra Roşie, Dealul Mare, Deluşor, Cerbul and Ţugulea. The actual relief of the territory is enough complicated, reflecting an ancient geo-morphological evolution, interrupted and renewed. Schematizing, the actual relief may be presented as a succession of hills, foot of slopes and plain.



Niculiţel Hills, formed by the diabases' extrusions in the period of Kimmeric foldings, are joined to the proper horst of Dobrudja, respectively Măcin Mountains. Beds from the Mesozoic Era, in a increasing proportion from the Triassic to Jurassic and Cretaceous period, are present. As consequence of the erosion processes, Niculiţel Hills became in a form more closed to cut plateau with summits having 250-350 m altitude. The highest hill, named Dealul Mare (384 m altitude) has the peak relatively plain - plateau, it is covered with forest on one side, permanently being unforested. This place is also named „La poiană".

From the hydrographical point of view, the commune's territory isn't permanently crossed by any running water. Niculiţel Hills have sources which ensemble into small streams, from which the most important are: Bădila, which in the dry summers definitively drains, and Iancu's rivulet, which gathers the sources, situated around the village and has a torrential character. At the northeastern part of the territory, the moist zone with many swamps (Saon, Rotunda, Telicea), marshes and channels rich in aquatic and paludous vegetation, connected with Danube river lies.

The vegetation, mostly consisting in Balkan forests, glades and isolated trees form a landscape ensemble specific for Dobrudja. These are mostly represented by different type of forests, from which the most part are endemic for this region and/or rare at the national level, being predominantly spread in Dobrudja. These types of habitats correspond to the belts of vegetation of the forests from the north of Dobrudja.

The vegetation of steppe meadows and Balkan mesophile forests has an important anti-erosion and phreatic water's protection role, characteristic for the zone being the slope more or less accented. Many of the species identified in the zone are protected at the international level: Campanula romanica, Dianthus nardiformis, Galathus plicatus, Thymus zygioides, Allium saxatile, Crocus chrysantus, Myrrhoides nodosa, Mercurialis ovata, Paeonia peregrina.

Fauna elements are diverse and it consists of species of insects, ground reptiles (Vipera ammodytes, Testudo graeca ibera), mammals (Capreolus capreolus, Felis silvestris, Meles meles, rarely Canis lupus, Sus scrofa), and birds ((Ciconia ciconia, Circus cyaneus, Buteo rufinus, Hieraaetus pennatus, Coracias garrulus, Dendrocopos syriacus, Dendrocopos medius, Lullula arborea, Lanius collurio, Lanius minor, Accipiter nisus, Buteo buteo, Falco tinnunculus,Cuculus canorus, Upupa epops, Merops apiaster, Picus viridis, Dendrocopos major, Alauda arvensis, Hirundo rustica, Delichon urbica, Erithacus rubecula, Oenanthe oenanthe, Luscinia luscinia, Luscinia megarhyncos).

The climate is characterized by long hot and dry summer and mild winter. Due to the placement into a plain, forest and swamp zone, the climate is more mild and humid than that specific to the rest of Dobrudja. The year average temperature is 10.8°C and the average quantity of precipitations is 527 mm/year.

The activities of stone working are threatening antropic factor for the landscape and for the ecological equilibrium.

The landscape value is increased by the existence of some points which offer a great view of Niculiţel Depression and its surrounding hills as well as of Danube Holm.