Valdayskaya Vozvyshennost

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Valdayskaya Vozvyshennost is a hilly upland region in northwestern Russia, noted as the source area of several major rivers including the Volga, Dnieper, and Western Dvina.

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Valdayskaya Vozvyshennost canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
plateau
upland
climate humid continental climate
contains Seliger Lake
Valdai Hills
Valdai Lake
linked to: Lake Valdai

Valdai National Park
country Russia
drainageBasin Baltic Sea basin
Black Sea basin
Caspian Sea basin
elevationRange 150–346 meters above sea level
formedBy Pleistocene glaciation
geologicalOrigin glacial
geologicalPeriod Quaternary
hasLandform drumlins
kettle lakes
moraines
highestPointElevation 346 meters
importance major watershed of Eastern Europe
isSourceRegionOf Dnieper River
linked to: Dnieper

Volga River
Western Dvina River
isWatershedFor Dnieper River
linked to: Dnieper

Lovat River NERFINISHED
Msta River
Volga River
Western Dvina River
languageOfName Russian
locatedBetween Lake Ilmen and Upper Volga basin
locatedIn European Russia
Novgorod Oblast NERFINISHED
Pskov Oblast NERFINISHED
Tver Oblast NERFINISHED
northwestern Russia
linked to: Northwest Russia
namedAfter Valday
partOf East European Plain
linked to: Russian Plain
regionType source area of major rivers
RussianName Валдайская возвышенность
terrain hilly
morainic
vegetation coniferous forest
mixed forest

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Valdai Hills knownAs Valdayskaya Vozvyshennost