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Volhynian-Podolian Upland
Volhynian-Podolian Upland ( uk, Волинсько-Поділська височина) is a system of uplands in West Ukraine and Right-bank Ukraine. The upland includes such features: * Podillia Upland **Opillia Upland **Lviv Plateau **Holohory-Kremenets Ridge ***Kremenets Hills ***Holohory (Barren Hills) ***Voroniaky **Tovtry ***Medobory ***Pruth-Dniester Tovtry ***Murafa Tovtry * Volhynia-Kholm Upland **Kholm Upland **Sokal Ridge **Bug Upland **Horokhiv Upland **Povcha Upland **Rivne Plateau **Hoshcha Plateau **Mizoch Ridge **Shepetivka Plain * Little Polesia ** Bug Depression ***Ridged Bug Plain ** Brody Plain ** Ostroh Valley Along with Roztochia Upland and Moldavian Plateau, the upland forms the Volhynian-Podolian Plate. External links Volhynian-Podolian Uplandat Encyclopedia of Ukraine The ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' ( uk, Енциклопедія українознавства, translit=Entsyklopediia ukrainoznavstva), published from 1984 to 2001, is a fundamenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volhynian Upland
The Volhynian Upland ( uk, Волинська височина, ''volynska vysochyna'') is an upland in western Ukraine, with its small northwestern part stretching into eastern Poland. The Podolian Upland and the Volhynian Upland are sometimes grouped together as the Volhynian-Podolian Upland. It should be known that both uplands are separated by a plain called "Little Polesia" ( uk, Мале Полісся). Volhynian Upland lays between Western Bug and Korchyk River which is a tributary of Sluch River. It stretches for over with a width around . Average elevation is with the maximum being Mizoch Ridge . Its surface is weakly wavy dissected by wide river valleys and gulches. Geologically, it consists of Paleozoic deposits overlapped with rocks of Cretaceous system. There are karst forms of relief and in karstic depressions there exist small lakes. Among minerals there are chalk, black coal, peat, pegmatites, clays. Widespread there are peat bogs. The geographic region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
