Transvolga Region or Transvolga (, Zavolzhye) is a territory to the East of

Volga River The Volga (, ) is the longest river in Europe and the longest endorheic basin river in the world. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchment ...

bounded by Volga,

Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains ( ),; , ; , or simply the Urals, are a mountain range in Eurasia that runs north–south mostly through Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural (river), Ural and northwestern Kazakhstan.

, Northern Ridge, and Caspian Depression. The region is traditionally subdivided into the elevated High Transvolga (Высокое Заволжье) in the East and the

lowland Upland and lowland are conditional descriptions of a plain based on elevation above sea level. In studies of the ecology of freshwater rivers, habitats are classified as upland or lowland. Definitions Upland and lowland are portions of a ...

Low Transvolga (Низкое Заволжье) by the left bank of Volga between

Kazan Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...

and Kamyshin. The region includes Volga-Ural petroleum and gas province. Kuybyshev Reservoir is within the Low Transvolga.

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