 Although occasionally has heights over 500 m, it is generally sloped from north at 400 m to the south at 200 m. 

The river Bârlad and its tributaries have cut in it the northern part of the Bârlad plateau, which sometimes is called "Podişul Central Moldovenesc", a term that can be easily confused with the reserved term "Podişul Moldovei Centrale" (in English both translate as the Central Moldavian Plateau).The northern-most hill formation (edge) is called the Iaşi Ridge ().Other parts of the Bârlad Plateau