East European Plain

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Topography of Europe

The East European Plain (also Russian Plain) is a plain comprising 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 1,544,408 square miles (3,999,998.4 km2) and averages about 170 metres (557.7 ft) in elevation. The highest point of the plain, located in the Valday Hills is 1,125 feet (0.3 km).

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.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Regional subdivisions

The plain is subdivided into a number of distinct regions, including:

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[edit] Landforms

Steppe near Kamyshin, Russia.

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

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[edit] Larger rivers

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