Central Russian Upland

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The Central Russian Upland is a large elevated plateau region in western Russia characterized by rolling hills, fertile soils, and significant agricultural use.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Central Russian Upland canonical 6
Central Russia 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
plateau
upland
climate humid continental climate
contains Central Russian forest-steppe
country Russia
drainedBy Dnieper River basin
linked to: Dnipro river basin

Don River basin
linked to: Don River

Oka River basin
linked to: Oka River
economicImportance major agricultural region of Russia
extendsInto Belarus
Ukraine
geologicalStructure part of the Russian Platform
hasErosionFeature ravines
river valleys
hasResource fertile arable land
hasSoilType chernozem
fertile soils
hasVegetationType forest-steppe
steppe
highestPointElevation about 293 metres
languageOfToponym Russian
locatedIn European Russia
western Russia
locatedInFederalDistrict Central Federal District of Russia
Volga Federal District of Russia
locatedInTimeZone Moscow Time Zone
linked to: Moscow Time
partOf East European Plain
linked to: European Plain

Russian Plain
primaryLandUse agriculture
relativeLocation east of the Smolensk Upland
north of the Central Black Earth Region
south of the Valdai Hills
west of the Volga Upland
surfaceForm dissected plateau
terrainFeature plateau surface
rolling hills
underlainBy sedimentary rocks
usedFor crop farming
pasture

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Voronezh locatedOn Central Russian Upland
Don sourceRegion Central Russian Upland
Polesia borderedBy Central Russian Upland
Kostroma historicalRegion Central Russia
linked to: Central Russian Upland
Don River sourceRegion Central Russian Upland
Venyovsky Uyezd historicalRegion Central Russia
linked to: Central Russian Upland
Khopyor locatedOn Central Russian Upland
upper Don River sourceRegion Central Russian Upland