Volhynian-Podolian Upland
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The Volhynian-Podolian Upland () is a system of uplands in
West Ukraine Western Ukraine or West Ukraine (, ) refers to the western territories of Ukraine. There is no universally accepted definition of the territory's boundaries, but the contemporary Ukrainian administrative regions ( oblasts) of Chernivtsi, I ...
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right-bank Ukraine The Right-bank Ukraine is a historical and territorial name for a part of modern Ukraine on the right (west) bank of the Dnieper River, corresponding to the modern-day oblasts of Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, as well as the western parts o ...
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Podillia Upland The Podolian Upland (Podolian Plateau) or Podillia Upland (, ''Podilska vysochyna'') is a highland area in southwestern Ukraine, on the left (northeast) bank of the Dniester River, with small portions in its western extent stretching into easter ...
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Opillia Upland Opillia () is a geographic region of the Podolian Upland in Lviv Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. It is a western region of the Podillia Upland that stretches along the left bank of Dniester River and across ...
**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 Roztocze () is a range of hills in east-central Poland and western Ukraine which rises from the Lublin Upland and extends southeastward through Solska Forest and across the border into Ukrainian Podolia. Low and rolling, the range is approximatel ...
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Moldavian Plateau The Moldavian Plateau () is a geographic area of the historical region of Moldavia, spanning nowadays the east and northeast of Romania, most of Moldova (except the south), and most of the Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine (where it is known as the ''P ...
, the upland forms the Volhynian-Podolian Plate.


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Encyclopedia of Ukraine The ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' (), published from 1984 to 2001, is a fundamental work of Ukrainian Studies. Development The work was created under the auspices of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in Europe (Sarcelles, near Paris). As the ...
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