East European Plain
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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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[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:
- Valday Hills
- Central Russian Upland
- Volga Uplands
- Dnieper River Basin (Dnieper Lowlands)
- Black Sea Lowlands
- Caspian Sea Lowlands
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[edit] Landforms
The following major landform features are within the East European Plain (listed generally from North to South).
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- Timan Ridge
- North Russian Lowlands
- Northern Ridge
- Baltic Uplands
- Valdai Hills
- Moscow Uplands ru:Московская возвышенность
- Central Russian Uplands
- Smolensk-Moscow Ridge ru:Смоленско-Московская возвышенность
- Belarusian Ridge
- Volga Uplands
- Polesie
- Volhynian Upland ru:Волынская возвышенность
- Podolian Upland
- Caspian Depression
- Kuma-Manych Depression
- Mari Depression
- Bugulma-Belebey Uplands
- Obshchy Syrt
- Vyatskie Uvaly
[edit] Larger rivers
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- Volga River
- Ural River
- Vistula River
- Dnieper River
- Don River, Russia
- Pechora River
- Kama River
- Oka River
- Belaya River
- Daugava
- Neman River
- Pregolya
[edit] See also
- West Siberian Plain, the other major plain of Russia
- Explorers of Siberia
[edit] References
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