Toporaphy of Europe

Toporaphy of Europe

The East European Plain (also Eastern-European Lowland, Eastern European Lowlands, Eastern European Plain, and Russian Plain) is a plain and series of broad river basins in Eastern Europe. It is the largest mountain-free part of the European landscape. The plain spans approximately 4,000,000 km² (~1,544,408 mi²) and averages about 170 m (~558 ft.) in elevation. It stretches from the Ural Mountains and covers most of the European part of Russia, Baltic states, Belarus, most of Ukraine, Moldova, East Poland and West Kazakhstan. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 760 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1050 × 828 pixel, file size: 271 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 760 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1050 × 828 pixel, file size: 271 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 737 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1475 × 1200 pixel, file size: 782 KB, MIME type: image/png) Description: topographie en Europe, carte fr Source: carte créée par lutilisateur, à partir des Generic Mapping Tools et de ETOPO2 Auteur: San Jose, 2 avril... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 737 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1475 × 1200 pixel, file size: 782 KB, MIME type: image/png) Description: topographie en Europe, carte fr Source: carte créée par lutilisateur, à partir des Generic Mapping Tools et de ETOPO2 Auteur: San Jose, 2 avril... In geography, a plain is a large area of land with relatively low relief. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Map of Eastern Europe Pre-1989 division between the West (grey) and Eastern Bloc (orange) superimposed on current national boundaries: Russia (dark orange), other countries of the former USSR (medium orange),members of the Warsaw pact (light orange), and other former Communist regimes not aligned with Moscow (lightest orange). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... The metre or meter is a measure of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Map of the Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains (Russian: , Uralskiye gory) (also known as the Urals, the Riphean Mountains in Greco-Roman antiquity, and known as the Stone Belt) are a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia. ... The three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania The Baltic states refer to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. ...

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. The plain is subdivided into a number of distinct regions, including the Valday Hills; the Central Russian Upland; the Volga Uplands; and the Dnieper River, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea lowlands. Map of the White Sea Two satellite photos of the White Sea The White Sea (Russian: ) is an inlet of the Barents Sea on the North Western coast of Russia. ... Location of the Barents Sea. ... The Ural (Russian: , Kazakh: Жайық, Jayıq or Zhayyq), known as Yaik before 1775, is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan. ... The Caspian Sea (Russian: Каспийское море; Kazakh: Каспий теңізі; Turkmen: Hazar deňizi; Azeri: XÉ™zÉ™r dÉ™nizi; Persian: دریای خزر Daryā-ye Khazar) is the largest lake on Earth by area[2], with a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers (143,244 sq mi) and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometers (18... The Caucasus Mountains are a mountain system between the Black and Caspian seas in the Caucasus region, usually considered the southeastern limit of Europe. ... NASA satellite image of the Black Sea Map of the Black Sea The Black Sea is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Anatolia that is actually a distant arm of the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Mediterranean Sea. ... Satellite image of the Carpathians. ... Valdai Hills (Russian: Валда́йская возвы́шенность or Валда́й) are an upland region in north-west of central Russia running north-south, about midway between St. ... Central Russian Upland is an area of approximately 200,000 miles² (500,000 km²) in Southern European Russia and Northeast of Ukraine, located inside East European Plain. ... The Volga Upland or Volga Uplands (Russian—Privolzhskaya Vozvyshennost) is a vast region of uplands in western Russia that lie west of the Volga River and east of the Central Russian Upland. ... The Dnieper River (also known as: Dnepr, Dniapro, or Dnipro) is a river which flows from Russia, through Belarus and Ukraine, ending its flow in the Black Sea. ... NASA satellite image of the Black Sea Map of the Black Sea The Black Sea is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Anatolia that is actually a distant arm of the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Mediterranean Sea. ... The Caspian Sea (Russian: Каспийское море; Kazakh: Каспий теңізі; Turkmen: Hazar deňizi; Azeri: XÉ™zÉ™r dÉ™nizi; Persian: دریای خزر Daryā-ye Khazar) is the largest lake on Earth by area[2], with a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers (143,244 sq mi) and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometers (18...

Within the territory of Imperial Russia and Soviet Union it has been known as the Russian Plain (in Russian: Русская равнина, transliterated as Russkaya Ravnina). Both names are often used interchangeably. Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start...

Together with the Northern European Lowlands it constitutes the European Plain. The Northern European Lowlands are a geomorphological region in Europe. ... Toporaphy of Europe Toporaphy of Europe The European Plain or Great European Plain is a plain in Europe. ...

Countries

All these countries (or their parts) were part of the Russian Empire.

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

Landforms

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

Steppe near Kamyshin, Russia.

• Тиманский кряж
• North Russian Lowlands
• ru:Северные Увалы
• Балтийская возвышенность
• Valday Hills
• ru:Московская возвышенность
• ru:Среднерусская возвышенность
• ru:Смоленско-Московская возвышенность
• Belarusian Ridge
• ru:Приволжская возвышенность
• Polesie
• Подольская возвышенность
• Caspian Depression
• Kuma-Manych Depression

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Kamyshin (Камышин in Russian) is a city in the Volgograd Oblast in Russia, located on the right bank of the Volgogradskoye Reservoir in the estuary of the Kamyshinka River, at 50°4′N 45°24′E Population: 127,891 (2002); 101,000 (1972); 24,000 (1939). ... Valdai Hills (Russian: Валда́йская возвы́шенность or Валда́й) are an upland region in north-west of central Russia running north-south, about midway between St. ... The Belarusian Ridge (Russian: , Belaruskaya Gryada) is a line of terminal moraines. ... Polesie is one of the largest European swampy areas, located in the South-Western part of the Eastern-European Lowland, mainly within the territories of Belarus, Ukraine and partly also within Poland and Russia. ... Caspian Depression and north Caspian Sea from space The Caspian Depression is a low-lying flatland region that lies at the northern end of the Caspian Sea. ... The Kuma-Manych Depression (Russian: Кумо-Манычская впадина, Kumo-manychskaya Vpadina), also called Manych, or Manyč, is a geologic depression in western Russia that divides the Russian Plain (north) from the North Caucasus foreland (south). ...

Larger rivers

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

The Volga, widely viewed as the national river of Russia, flows through the western part of the country. ... The Ural (Russian: , Kazakh: Жайық, Jayıq or Zhayyq), known as Yaik before 1775, is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan. ... The Dnieper River (also known as: Dnepr, Dniapro, or Dnipro) is a river which flows from Russia, through Belarus and Ukraine, ending its flow in the Black Sea. ... The Don (Дон) is one of the major rivers of Russia. ... The Pechora River is a major river in European Russia. ... Kama (Russian: ; Tatar: Çulman) is a river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga. ... Oka (Russian: Ока́) is a great river in Russia, the biggest right confluent of the Volga. ... Belaya (Белая) is the name of several rivers in Russia: In Siberia: Bolshaya Belaya (Большая Белая (Big Belaya) in Russian), a river in the Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia in Russia, a tributary of the Angara River... Daugava sunset in Riga. ... The Neman (Belarusian: ; Lithuanian: ; Russian: ; Polish: ; German: ) is a major Eastern European river rising in Belarus and flowing through Lithuania before draining into the Baltic Sea near KlaipÄ—da. ... Pregolya (Преголя), also spelt as Pregola (German: Pregel) is a river in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. ...

See also

• West Siberian Plain, the other major plain of Russia