East European Plain

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The East European Plain

The East European Plain (also known as 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 4,000,000 square kilometres (1,544,408.6 sq mi) and averages about 170 metres (557.7 ft) in elevation. The highest point of the plain, located in the Valdai Hills is 346.9 metres (1,138.1 ft).

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Boundaries [edit]

Its boundaries are the White Sea and the Barents Sea in the north, the Ural Mountains, the Ural River in the east, the Caspian Sea in the southeast, the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea in the South, the Baltic Sea, the Carpathian Mountains and other mountain features in Poland in the west.

Regional subdivisions [edit]

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

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Landforms [edit]

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

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Largest Rivers in Europe [edit]

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