Sian Lowland
Sian Lowland or Oversian basin (
San River
. Most of the region is located in Poland except for a small portion in southeastern end which is in Ukraine.
The lowland is located between
Roztochia. To the southeast it extends into Dniester Lowland over the Sian-Dniester Divide
.
The Sian Lowland is a
alluvial deposits. It consists of elevated plateaus (the tallest being Tarnohorod) dissected by the valleys of rivers, such as the Tanew River, the Liubachivka River, the Shklo River, and the Vyshnia River. Loess
can be found in parts of the plateaus, and dunes are situated in some of its sandy reaches.
A large proportion of the lowland's forests have been cleared out, although pine forests mixed with firs and birches occur in the region's sandy areas, and fir forests mixed with hornbeams and maples grow in its heavier soils.
The lowland has a population density of 80 persons/km2; the population is predominantly (75%) rural.
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