Английская Википедия:Dnieper Upland
The Dnieper Upland or Cisdnieper Upland (Шаблон:Lang-uk) is a southeastern European plain occupying the territory between the Dnieper and the Southern Bug. It lies in central Ukraine, occupying the oblasts of Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk.
To its north lies Polesian Lowland, to the south lies Black Sea Lowland, eastern border is served by Dnieper. To the west of Dnieper Upland lies uplands of Podillia and Volhynia (see Volhynian-Podolian Upland). Average heights in the northern portion vary at Шаблон:Convert in the southern portion do not exceed Шаблон:Convert. Its maximum is at Шаблон:Convert located in the northwestern portion. Among prominent features of the upland are Kyiv Mountains, Hills of Kaniv, others.
The regions is characterized by alteration of flooding watersheds with deep (up to Шаблон:Convert) sometimes canyon-like valleys of rivers and gulches. Especially dense ravine-gulch network is in the Cis-Dnieper portion of the upland, particularly within the hills of Kaniv.
The upland contains a number of minerals including iron, manganese, granite, graphite, brown coal, kaolin etc.[1]
References
External links
- Dnieper Upland at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- Dnieper Upland at the Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- Dnieper Upland at the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
- Zastavny, F.D. Physical geography of Ukraine.
Шаблон:Geographic regions of Ukraine
- ↑ Small Mining Encyclopedia, Vol. 1,2/Edited by V.S. Biletsky. – Donetsk: Donbas, 2004. 2007.
