Central Russian Upland
The Central Russian Upland (also Middle Russian Upland and East European Upland) is an
upland area of the East European Plain and is an undulating plateau with an average elevation of 230–250 m (750–820 ft). Its highest peak is measured at 293 m (961 ft). The southeastern portion of the upland known as the Kalach Upland . The Central Upland is built of Precambrian deposits of the crystalline Voronezh Massif
.
Location
It spans approximately 180,000 miles² (480,000 km2) in central and southern
Donets River, the upland changes into the Donets Lowland. To the east its natural border is defined by the Oka–Don Lowland and to the west there is the Dnieper Lowland. Most of the upland lies within the borders of Russia
, hence its name.
History
The
Slavic tribes. The river and city bear the same name as the Slavic goddess Kostroma
.
Regions
- Oryol Oblast
- Bryansk Oblast
- Kursk Oblast
- Belgorod Oblast
- Voronezh Oblast
- Rostov Oblast
- Kharkiv Oblast (Ukraine)
- Sumy Oblast (Ukraine)
- Luhansk Oblast (Ukraine)
Tectonics
The
Don River between the cities of Boguchar and Pavlovsk (both in Voronezh Oblast) the crystalline layers come to the surface. On all sides of the upland the Precambrian deposits descend far below the sedimentary layers. A small part of the upland in the northwest was covered with a glacier during the Wolstonian Stage. Today almost all of the upland is covered with loess and loessial loams
.
References
- ^ "Central Russian Upland". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2013-01-17.