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Relief

Ukraine occupies the southwest parcel of the russian Plain ( East European Plain ). The area consists about wholly of level plains at an average elevation of 574 feet ( 175 metres ) above sea level. cragged areas such as the ukrainian Carpathians and Crimean Mountains occur only on the area ’ s borders and report for barely 5 percentage of its area. The ukrainian landscape however has some diversity : its plains are broken by highlands—running in a continuous belt from northwest to southeast—as well as by lowlands.

The rolling obviously of the Dnieper Upland, which lies between the middle reaches of the Dnieper ( Dnipro ) and southern Buh ( Pivdennyy Buh, or the Boh ) rivers in west-central Ukraine, is the largest highland area ; it is dissected by many river valleys, ravines, and gorges, some more than 1,000 feet ( 300 metres ) deep. On the west the Dnieper Upland is abutted by the rugged Volyn-Podilsk Upland, which rises to 1,545 feet ( 471 metres ) at its highest point, Mount Kamula. West of the Volyn-Podilsk Upland, in extreme westerly Ukraine, the parallel ranges of the Carpathian Mountains —one of the most picturesque areas in the country—extend for more than 150 miles ( 240 kilometer ). The mountains range in altitude from about 2,000 feet ( 600 metres ) to about 6,500 feet ( 2,000 metres ), rising to 6,762 feet ( 2,061 metres ) at Mount Hoverla, the highest point in the country. The northeastern and southeastern portions of Ukraine are occupied by low uplands rarely reaching an elevation of 1,000 feet ( 300 metres ). Among the area ’ mho lowlands are the Pripet Marshes ( Polissya ), which lie in the northern character of Ukraine and are crossed by numerous river valleys. In east-central Ukraine is the Dnieper Lowland, which is flat in the west and lightly rolling in the east. To the south, another lowland extends along the shores of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov ; its tied surface, broken alone by first gear rises and shallow depressions, slopes gradually toward the Black Sea. The shores of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov are characterized by pin down, flaxen spits of kingdom that jut out into the water ; one of these, the Arabat Spit, is about 70 miles ( 113 km ) long but averages less than 5 miles ( 8 kilometer ) in width.

The southerly lowland continues in the Crimean Peninsula as the North Crimean Lowland. The peninsula—a large protrusion into the Black Sea—is connected to the mainland by the Perekop Isthmus. The Crimean Mountains form the southern coast of the peninsula. Mount Roman-Kosh, at 5,069 feet ( 1,545 metres ), is the mountains ’ highest point.

Crimean Peninsula cliffs Cliffs on the Crimean Peninsula overlooking the Black Sea .Philippe Michel/age fotostock