The Dnieper Lowland (also: Circumdnieper Lowland) () is a major geographic feature of the Central Ukraine region and the East European Plain.
Location
It lies along the midstream of
Dnieper river mostly on its left bank from
Belarus all the way to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The lowland is an extended valley of Dnieper with a system of floodplains.
To its northwest is located the swampy Polesian Lowland, to the northeast and east is Central Russian Upland, on the right bank of Dnieper rises Dnieper Upland, which with Zaporizhia Ridge is connected with Donets-Azov Plateau.
Tectonics
Geologically, it is part of the Dnieper-Donets Depression which is rich in deposits of oil, gas,
rock salt, and construction materials.
Description
The Dnieper Lowland is divided into bigger Dnieper Plain and smaller Poltava Plain. Dnieper Plain is located around
Kyiv near confluence of
Desna River and
Dnieper, while Poltava Plain is closer to the city of
Poltava.
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