The
East European Plain (also
Russian Plain) is a
plain comprising a series of
river basins in
Eastern Europe. Together with the
Northern European Plain it constitutes the
European Plain. It is the largest mountain-free part of the European
landscape.
The plain spans approximately 4,000,000&_160;square kilometres (1,544,408.6&_160;sq&_160;mi) and averages about 170&_160;metres (557.7&_160;ft) in elevation. The highest point of the plain, located in the Valday Hills is 346.9&_160;metres (1,138.1&_160;ft).
Within the territory of Imperial Russia and Soviet Union it has been known as the Russian Plain (Russian ??????? ???????), transliterated as Russkaya Ravnina). Both names are often used interchangeably.
It is bounded by the White Sea and the Barents Sea in the North, Ural Mountains, Ural River and Caspian Sea in the East, Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea in the South, Carpathian Mountains and other mountainous features in Poland in the West.
