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Volhynian-Podolian Upland
The Volhynian-Podolian Upland () is a system of uplands in West Ukraine and Right-bank Ukraine, right-bank Ukraine. The upland includes: * Podillia Upland **Opillia Upland **Lviv Plateau **Holohory-Kremenets Ridge ***Kremenets Hills ***Holohory (Barren Hills) ***Voroniaky **Tovtry ***Medobory ***Pruth-Dniester Tovtry ***Murafa Tovtry * Volhynian Upland, 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.Part II Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Studies. Paris, New-York, 1955 Volhynian-Podolian Upland, Plateaus of Ukraine Plateaus of Poland East European Plain {{Poland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volhynian Upland
The Volhynian Upland () is an Upland (geology), 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. These two uplands are separated by a plain called "Little Polesia" (). Volhynian Upland lays between Western Bug and Korchyk River which is a tributary of Sluch River (Ukraine), Sluch River. It stretches for over with a width around . Average elevation is with the maximum being about 360 m (358 or 361 m according to various sources) in the Povcha Upland. 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. There are numerous peat bogs. Among minerals there are chalk, black coal, peat, pegmatites, clays. The geographic region consists of f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
