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East Samogitian Plateau
East Samogitian Plateau ( lt, Rytų Žemaičių plynaukštė) is a landform in central Lithuania, the eastern part of the Samogitian Upland. It continues between the in the west and the Central Lithuanian Plain in the east. The Dubysa river marks its western margin, while the Šeduva Ridge and the Radviliškis Ridge mark its eastern margin. Relief is hilly and undulated, there are flat and endorhetic troughs with lakes and swamps. The highest region is the Kurtuvėnai Moraine Massive with an altitude of . Most of the East Samogitian Plateau belongs to the Dubysa basin (with the Kražantė, Gryžuva, Dratvuo rivers). There are the Rėkyva Lake, Gauštvinis lake, Bridvaišis lake, also some large swamps as the Didysis Tyrulis (area of ), the Praviršulio Tyrulis (), the Rėkyva Swamp (). The eastern part of the plateau is covered by the forests (the Tytuvėnai Forest, the Kiaunoriai–Užpelkiai–Šimša Forest). References {{Coord missing, Lithuania Landforms of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, Monarchy of Lithuania, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |