The Podolian Upland (Podolian Plateau) or Podillia Upland (, ''Podilska vysochyna'') is a

highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally, ''upland'' refers to a range of hills, typically from up to , while ''highland'' is usually reserved for range ...

area in southwestern

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, on the left (northeast) bank of the

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, with small portions in its western extent stretching into eastern

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. The region lies roughly between the Southern Bug and Dniester Rivers, with the

Western Bug The Bug or Western Bug is a major river in Central Europe that flows through Belarus (border), Poland, and Ukraine, with a total length of .dales) dissected into separate natural sub-regions: *Wooded elevated hills ** Roztochia ** Opillia ** Holohory ** Voronyaky ** Kremenets Hills (Mountains) ** *Flat treeless plateaus ** Ternopil Plateau ** Upper Bug Plateau ** North-Podolian Plateau The Podolian Upland and the Volhynian Upland are sometimes grouped together as the Volhynian-Podolian Upland.

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File:Каньйон Тернави.JPG, Podolian Tovtry File:Де Збруч впадає в Дністер.jpg, Tovtry at confluence of Zbruch and

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File:Каньйон Смотрича.JPG, Smotrych Canyon (Tovtry) File:Beremiany-Govda-Velyka-08040424.jpg, Great Hovda Hill

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at the

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. * Herenchuk, K.I.
Podolian Upland
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Lviv Oblast relief. Podolian Upland (Рельєф Львівської області. Подільська височина)
'. "Geography: Lviv Oblast". Plateaus of Ukraine Plateaus of Poland Volhynian-Podolian Upland {{Poland-geo-stub

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