Waldai Heights
| Waldai Heights | |
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 Location of the Waldai heights |
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 Aerial view of a landscape in the Waldai Heights |
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| Highest peak | near Wyschni Wolotschok ( 346.9 m ) |
| location | Tver , Novgorod Oblast (Russia) |
| Coordinates | 57 ° 19 ′ N , 34 ° 14 ′ E |
The Valdai Hills ( Russian Валдайская возвышенность ., Scientific transliteration Valdajskaja vozvyšennost , transcriptional Waldaiskaja Woswyschennost , named after the place Valdai in the Novgorod Oblast in northwestern Russia ) are up to 347 m high plateau in the European part of Russia . There they are located within the great Eastern European Plain, about 300 km northwest of Moscow .
The Valdai Heights are the highest elevations in the western interior of Russia. They stretch over a length of 370 km and a width of 89 km on the border of the Tver Oblast , Central Russia region and Novgorod and consist of flat, mostly forested rows of hills. The mean ridge height is 90 meters. The mountains are rich in sandstone , limestone , black and red clay ; granite blocks lie scattered on the surface .
The three large rivers Dnepr , Düna and Volga have their source on the Valdai heights , and there are also numerous lakes there, the largest being Lake Seligersee . The plateau also forms the watershed between the Volga and the tributaries of Lake Ilmen .
The asteroid of the outer main belt (2793) Valdaj is named after the Valdai Heights .
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- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pages, link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 15, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1977 QV. Discovered 1977 Aug. 19 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "