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Encyclopedia > Eastern European Plain
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The East European Plain (Eastern-European Lowland, Eastern European Lowlands, or Eastern European Plain) is a mountain-free part of the European landscape, in fact, the lagest feature thereof. 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. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Russian Plain (Russian Русская равнина, Russkaya Ravnina), also called East European Plain (Russian Восточно-Европейская равнина, Vostochno-yevropeyskaya Ravnina), is a plain and series of broad river basins in eastern Europe (including western Russia). ... This article is about the continent. ... The Harvesters, by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1565: Peace and agriculture in a pre-Romantic ideal landscape, without sublime terrors The word landscape as most westerners use it is completely entrenched in western notions of land, nature and art. ... The Ural Mountains (Russian: Ура́льские го́ры = Ура́л) also known simply as the Urals and as the Riphean Mountains in Greco-Roman antiquity, are a mountain range that run roughly north and south through western Russia. ... Baltic states and the Baltic Sea The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a term which nowadays refers to three countries in Northern Europe: Estonia Latvia Lithuania Prior to World War II, Finland was sometimes considered, particularly by the Soviet Union, a fourth Baltic state. ...


It is bounded by the White Sea and the Barents Sea in the North, Ural Mountains, Ural River and the Caspian Sea in the East, Caucasus Mountains anf the Black Sea in the South, Carpathian Mountains and other mountainous features in Poland in the West. Barents Sea, the Kola Peninsula and the White Sea. ... Southeastern portion of Barents Sea, the Kola Peninsula and the White Sea. ... Length 2428 km Elevation of the source - m Average discharge - m³/s Area watershed - km² Origin Russia Mouth Caspian Sea Basin countries Russia, Kazakhstan The Ural River (Russian: Урал, Urál [formerly: Яик, Yaik River], Kazakh: Жайық, Zhayyq) flows through Russia and Kazakhstan. ... Caspian Sea viewed from orbit The Caspian Sea or Mazandaran Sea is a landlocked sea between Asia and Europe (European Russia). ... This article is about the terrestrial mountain range. ... Map of the Black Sea. ... Satellite image of the Carpathians The Carpathian Mountains (Czech, Polish, and Slovak: Karpaty; Serbian: Karpati; Hungarian: Kárpátok; Romanian: CarpaÅ£i; Ukrainian: Карпати, Karpaty) are the eastern wing of the great Central Mountain System of Europe, curving 1500 km (~900 miles) along the borders of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland...


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On the northern European Plain, the Narva and Daugava (Western Dvina) rivers flow north-west to the Baltic Sea; the Pechora, Northern Dvina, Mezen, and Onega rivers flow to the Arctic Ocean and the White Sea.
The principal natural-gas deposits are in the Tyumen oblast of western Siberia, on the border with Kazakhstan; in the Orenburg oblast of south-western Russia; in the Komi republic of north-eastern European Russia; and the Yakutia (Sakha) republic in the Siberian north-east.
The mixed-forest zone, comprising both coniferous and broadleaf deciduous trees, occupies the central portion of the eastern European Plain from St Petersburg in the north to the border with Ukraine in the south.
East European Plain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (233 words)
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.
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.
Together with the Northern European Lowlands it constitutes the European Plain.
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