Russian Plain

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geographical region lowland plain

The Russian Plain is a vast lowland region in Eastern Europe that forms the core of European Russia and features extensive flat terrain, rivers, and fertile soils.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
East European Plain	8
Eastern European Plain	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ lowland ⓘ plain ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Russian Plain ⓘ surface form: East European Plain Russian Plain ⓘ surface form: Eastern European Plain
area	more than 4,000,000 square kilometers ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ subarctic climate in the north ⓘ
contains	Dnieper ⓘ surface form: Dnieper River basin Don River ⓘ surface form: Don River basin Moscow ⓘ Northern Dvina River ⓘ surface form: Northern Dvina River basin Oka River ⓘ surface form: Oka River basin St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg Volga region ⓘ surface form: Volga River basin
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
drainage	Arctic Ocean ⓘ surface form: Arctic Ocean basin Baltic Sea drainage basin ⓘ surface form: Baltic Sea basin Black Sea basin ⓘ Caspian Sea region ⓘ surface form: Caspian Sea basin
easternBoundary	Ural Mountains ⓘ
economicImportance	densely populated core of European Russia ⓘ major agricultural region of Russia ⓘ
elevation	mostly below 200 meters above sea level ⓘ
extendsFrom	Barents Sea ⓘ surface form: Barents Sea in the north White Sea in the north ⓘ
extendsTo	Black Sea in the south ⓘ Caspian Sea in the southeast ⓘ
feature	extensive river network ⓘ glacial and fluvial landforms ⓘ low relief ⓘ
geology	covered by thick sedimentary deposits ⓘ Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ surface form: underlain by East European Craton
partOf	Eastern Europe ⓘ European Russia ⓘ
soilType	chernozem ⓘ gray forest soils ⓘ podzol ⓘ
terrain	flat ⓘ gently rolling ⓘ
vegetation	broadleaf forest belt ⓘ forest-steppe belt ⓘ mixed forest belt ⓘ steppe belt ⓘ taiga forest belt ⓘ tundra in the far north ⓘ
westernBoundary	Baltic Sea ⓘ Carpathian Mountains ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Russian Plain → alsoKnownAs → Russian Plain ⓘ

this entity surface form: East European Plain

Russian Plain → alsoKnownAs → Russian Plain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern European Plain

Eurasia → contains → Russian Plain ⓘ

Russians → historicalOriginRegion → Russian Plain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern European Plain

Grand Duchy of Moscow → locatedIn → Russian Plain ⓘ

this entity surface form: East European Plain

Pskov Oblast → locatedIn → Russian Plain ⓘ

this entity surface form: East European Plain

middle Don River → locatedInOrNearby → Russian Plain ⓘ

this entity surface form: East European Plain

Rostov-on-Don → locatedOn → Russian Plain ⓘ

this entity surface form: East European Plain

Saratov Oblast → locatedOn → Russian Plain ⓘ

this entity surface form: East European Plain

Don → partOf → Russian Plain ⓘ

this entity surface form: East European Plain

Smolensk–Moscow Upland → partOf → Russian Plain ⓘ

this entity surface form: East European Plain

Smolensk–Moscow Upland → partOf → Russian Plain ⓘ

Valdai Hills → partOf → Russian Plain ⓘ