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Vast interior plain east of the North/Central European
The East European Plain (also called the Russian Plain ,[ 1] Sarmatic Plain )[ 2] plain extending east of the North European Plain ,[ 3] plateaus stretching roughly from 25 degrees longitude eastward. It includes Volhynian-Podolian Upland on its westernmost fringe, the Central Russian Upland , and, on the eastern border, encompasses the Volga Upland . The plain includes also a series of major river basins such as the Dnepr Basin , the Oka–Don Lowland , and the Volga Basin . At the southeastern point of the East European Plain are the Caucasus and Crimean mountain ranges .[ 3] North European Plain (covering much of Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Poland), and covering the Baltic states (Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania ), European Russia , Belarus , Ukraine , Moldova , southeastern Romania , and, at its southernmost point, the Danubian Plain in Northern Bulgaria (including Ludogorie and Southern Dobruja ), it constitutes the majority of the Great European Plain (European Plain), the greatest mountain-free part of the European landscape.[ 4] 2 (2,000,000 sq mi) and averages about 170 m (560 ft) in elevation. The highest point of the plain, located in the Valdai Hills , is 346.9 metres (1,138.1 ft).[citation needed
Approximate extent of the East European Plain.[ 5] West : Baltic Sea , Oder [citation needed and Lusatian Neisse , Sudetenland ,[citation needed Carpathians [citation needed (Outer Western Carpathians, Outer Eastern Carpathians, Southern Carpathians , Serbian Carpathians ).[citation needed South : Balkan Mountains , Black Sea , Crimean Mountains , Caucasus , The Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov , Ustyurt Plateau .East : Ural Mountains and Turan Depression .North : White Sea , Barents Sea , Kara Sea , Scandinavian Mountains .Regional subdivisions [ edit ] The following major landform features are within the East European Plain (listed generally from north to south).
^ a b c d e European Plain at the Encyclopædia Britannica European Russia to the Ural Mountains , the East European Plain encompasses all of the Baltic states and Belarus, nearly all of Ukraine, and much of the European portion of Russia and reaches north into Finland." — Britannica .^ Podwysocki, Melvin H.; Earle, Janet L., eds. (1979). Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Basement Tectonics . Basement Tectonics Committee. p. 379. ^ a b John F. Hoffecker (2002). Desolate Landscapes: Ice-Age Settlement in Eastern Europe Rutgers University Press . pp. 15– 21. ISBN 0813529921 . Retrieved 17 May 2014 . ^ Marshall Cavendish (2010). World and Its Peoples ISBN 978-0761478966 . Retrieved 17 May 2014 . ^ Bolesław Augustowski Wielkie regiony naturalne Europy w: Antoni Wrzosek (red.) Geografia Powszechna. Tom III. Europa (bez ZSRR), Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa 1965
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