East Samogitian Plateau ( lt, Rytų Žemaičių plynaukštė) is a landform in central
Lithuania
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, the eastern part of the
Samogitian Upland. It continues between the in the west and the
Central Lithuanian Plain in the east. The
Dubysa
Dubysa, at 131 km, is the 15th List of rivers of Lithuania, longest river solely in Lithuania. It originates just a few kilometers from Lake Rėkyva near Šiauliai city. At first it flows south, but at Lyduvėnai turns southeast and near Ar ...
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
The Gryžuva is a short river in the western part of Lithuania, a tributary of the Dubysa
Dubysa, at 131 km, is the 15th longest river solely in Lithuania. It originates just a few kilometers from Lake Rėkyva near Šiauliai city. At ...
,
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
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Landforms of Lithuania