East Samogitian Plateau
East Samogitian Plateau (Lithuanian: Rytų Žemaičių plynaukštė) is a landform in central Lithuania, the eastern part of the . It continues between the in the west and the Central Lithuanian Plain in the east. The Dubysa river marks its western margin, while the Šeduva Ridge and the Radviliškis Ridge mark its eastern margin.[1]
Relief is hilly and undulated, there are flat and endorhetic troughs with lakes and swamps. The highest region is the Kurtuvėnai Moraine Massive with an altitude of 140–160 metres (460–520 ft).[1]
Most of the East Samogitian Plateau belongs to the Dubysa basin (with the , Gryžuva, rivers). There are the , lake, lake, also some large swamps as the (area of 47 square kilometres (18 sq mi)), the (36 square kilometres (14 sq mi)), the (26 square kilometres (10 sq mi)). The eastern part of the plateau is covered by the forests (the , the Kiaunoriai–Užpelkiai–Šimša Forest).[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Česnulevičius, Algimantas (2011). "Rytų Žemaičių plynaukštė". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). 10. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
- Landforms of Lithuania