The commune territory has mostly a hilly relief. It is placed in an interior depression of Babadag Plateau, at the foot of three hills named Slavelor Hills.

In this zone, the majority of altitudinal plant belts characteristic for Dobrudja can be found: Balkan and sub-Mediterranean forest, forest steppe and steppe. Balkan forest is constituted from a mixture of oaks, limes, hornbeams and ash trees. Sub-Mediterranean forests are represented by oaks, flowering ash tree and hornbeam grooves. Forest steppe is situated either on the hills summits where they are represented by oak grooves with wig trees, or in the valleys where they are represented by oak and maple forests. Steppe is mainly represented by meadows of couch grass, beard grass and Artemisia.

The region is also an important refuge of threatened species like the Mediterranean or Balkan species such as peony and crocus. Pontic species such as periwinkle and iris are representative for Dobrudja. Steppe species of sorrel can be added.

The fauna elements which were identified in these forests are represented by numerous species of insects, reptiles, birds and mammals. There are prey birds such as Common Buzzard, Hobby and Kestrel. The turtle is representative for the reptiles and the deer is representative for the mammals.

The climate is characterized by a year average temperature of 10.7°C, reduced average quantity of precipitations (417.9 mm/year) - which is reflected by the high level of dryness, torrential character of rains, warm summer and not mild winter.

There is no natural or human factor to produce any modification to the landscape.