East European Plain

East European Plain

The East European Plain (also "Russian Plain") is a plain comprised of a series of river basins in Eastern Europe. Together with the Northern European Plain it constitutes the European Plain. It is the largest mountain-free part of the European landscape.

The plain spans approximately convert|1544408|sqmi|km2|1 and averages about convert|170|m|ft|1 in elevation. The highest point of the plain, located in the Valday Hills is convert|1125|ft|km|1.

Within the territory of Imperial Russia and Soviet Union it has been known as the Russian Plain (Russian: "Русская равнина"), transliterated as Russkaya Ravnina). Both names are often used interchangeably.

Boundaries

It is bounded by the White Sea and the Barents Sea in the North, Ural Mountains, Ural River and Caspian Sea in the East, Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea in the South, Carpathian Mountains and other mountainous features in Poland in the West.

Regional subdivisions

The plain is subdivided into a number of distinct regions, including:
*Valday Hills
*Central Russian Upland
*Volga Uplands
*Dnieper River Basin
*Black Sea Lowlands
*Caspian Sea Lowlands

Countries

*Russia
*Estonia
*Latvia
*Lithuania
*Belarus
*Ukraine
*Moldova
*Kazakhstan (European part)

Landforms

The following major landform features are within the East European Plain (listed generally from North to South).

* Timan Ridge
* North Russian Lowlands
* Northern Ridge
* Baltic Uplands
* Valdai Hills
* Moscow Uplands
* Central Russian Uplands
* Smolensk-Moscow Ridge
* Belarusian Ridge
* Volga Uplands
* Polesie
* Volhynian Upland
* Podolian Upland
* Caspian Depression
* Kuma-Manych Depression
* Mari Depression
* Bugulma-Belebey Uplands
* Obshchy Syrt
* Vyatskie Uvaly

Larger rivers

*Volga River
*Ural River
*Dnieper River
*Don River, Russia
*Pechora River
*Kama River
*Oka River
*Belaya River
*Daugava
*Neman River
*Pregolya

Dnieper lowlands

*West Siberian Plain, the other major plain of Russia

References


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