Eastern European or Russian Plain is one of the largest in the world: from north to south it stretches for 2.5 thousand km; From west to east - by 1 thousand km. The magnitude of Russian plain is inferior only to Amazonian, located in West America.
Eastern European Plain - Location
It is clear from the name that the plain is located in the east of Europe, and most of its part extends in Russia. In the north-west, Russian plain passes through the Scandinavian mountains; in the south-west - in courts and other European mountain arrays; From the West, the border protrudes r. Vistula; From the south-eastern side, the border is the Caucasus; In the East - Ural. In the north, the plain is washed white and the Barents Sea; In the south - the water of the Black, Azov and Caspian Seas.
Eastern European Plain - Relief
The main type of relief is the hollow-plane. Large cities and, accordingly, the bulk of the population of the Russian Federation is concentrated in the territory of the East European Plain. The Russian state originated on these lands. Minerals and other valuable natural resources are also within the Russian plain. The outlines of the Russian plain almost repeat the outlines of the East European Platform. Thanks to this favorable location, there is no seismic danger and the likelihood of earthquakes. There are hilly areas on the territory of the plain, which appeared as a result of various tectonic processes. There are hills up to 1000 m.
In antiquity, the Baltic Platform Shield was located in the center of glaciation. As a result, ice-relief is present on the surface.
The terrain is made up of lowlands, as well as elevations, because Platform sediments are almost horizontally.
In places of protrusions of the folded foundation, rods (Timansky) and hills (Midnesday) were formed.
The height of the plain above sea level is approximately 170 m. The lowest seats are located on the Caspian Sea coast.
Eastern European Plain - the influence of the glacier
The beaming processes significantly affected the relief of the Russian plain, especially in its northern part. In this area, a glacier was held, as a result of which the famous lakes were formed: moon, white, Pskov.
Previously, the glaciation affected the relief of the south-east of the plains, but its consequences disappeared as a result of erosion. Hills were formed: Smolensko-Moscow, Borisoglebskaya, etc., as well as lowlands: Pechora and Caspiani.
In the south there are hills (Priazovskaya, Volga, Midnesday) and lowlands (Ulyanovsk, Meshcherskaya).
Next, the south is located in the Black Sea and the Caspian lowland.
The glacier contributed to the formation of valleys, an increase in the tectonic depression, grinding the rocks, the formation of the vesized bays on the Kola Peninsula.
Eastern European Plain - Water Arteries
The rivers of the Eastern European Plain are the pools of the Northern Icetic and Atlantic Oceans, the rest fall into the Caspian Sea and have no connection with the ocean.
In the territory of the Russian Plain, the longest and full-flowing river of Europe - Volga flows.
Eastern European Plain - Natural Zones, Flora and Fauna
Almost all natural zones of Russia are presented on the plain.
- At the coast of the Barents Sea, in the subtropical belt, concentrated tundra.
- On the territory of the moderate belt, south of the woodland and to the Urals, the coniferous and mixed forests are stretching, replacing deciduous in the West.
- The south prevails a forest-steppe with a gradual transition to the steppe.
- In the area of \u200b\u200bthe Caspian lowland, the strip of deserts and semi-deserts pass.
- Arctic, forest and steppe animals are inhabited on the lands of the Russian plain.
To the most dangerous natural phenomena, which happen in the territory of the Russian Plain include floods and tornadoes. Asko is the problem of ecology due to human activity.
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