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The Volga Upland, also known as the Volga Uplands, Volga Hills,"Volga Hills." Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online. 2009. Columbia University Press. 06 Feb. 2009. [1] or Volga Plateau (), is a vast region of the East European Plain in the European Russia of Russia that lies west of the Volga River and east of the Central Russian Upland.
The uplands lie in the cool continental climate zone, characterised by large fluctuations in seasonal temperatures and generally little rainfall. Outside of the cities in the region, population density is generally between 28 and 129 inhabitants per square mile.
The landscape on the Volga Uplands is hilly, and several rivers have cut into it, such as the Khopyor River, Medveditsa and the Sura River. The Volga–Don Canal cuts through the lowlands between the Volga Uplands to the north and the adjacent Yergeni Hills to the south.
The Volga Uplands themselves are rather sparsely populated, but along their edges and in particular along the banks of the Volga there are several large cities, such as (from north to south) Kazan, Ulyanovsk, Saransk, Penza, Syzran, Saratov and Volgograd.DK Publishing (1999). Millennium World Atlas. DK. p. xxix, 229.
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