The Valdai Hills (Russian: Валда́йская возвы́шенность or Валда́й, Latvian: Valdaja augstiene) are an upland region in north-west of central Russia running north-south, about midway between St. Petersburg and Moscow, spanning the Novgorod, Tver, Pskov, and Smolensk Oblasts. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Latvian language (latviešu valoda is the official state language of Latvia. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Novgorod Oblast (Новгоро́дская о́бласть Novgorodskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Tver Oblast (Тверска́я о́бласть Tverskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an Oblast) Pskov Oblast (Пско́вская о́бласть Pskovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an Oblast) Smolensk Oblast (Смол́енская о́бласть Smolenskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an Oblast) Oblast (во́бласць oblast о́бласт oblast о́бласть област/ oblast; oblasť област о́бласть is a type of Administrative division
The hills are a northward extension of the Central Russian Upland. Central Russian Upland is an area of approximately 200000 miles² (500000 km² in Southern European Russia and Northeast of Ukraine, located inside East European The ridge is overlain by deposited glacial materials in the form of terminal moraines and other detritus. "Glacial" and "Glaciation" redirect here For the geological periods see Glacial period. Moraine refers to any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris (soil and rock which can occur in currently glaciated and formerly glaciated regions such as those In Biology, detritus is non-living particulate organic material (as opposed to dissolved organic material The Valdai Hills reach maximum height, near Vyshny Volochyok, of 346,9 m. Vyshny Volochyok (Вы́шний Волочёк is a town in Tver Oblast of Russia. [1][2][3]. The rivers Volga, Daugava (Western Dvina), Lovat, Msta, Dnieper, and others originate in the Valdai. The Daugava or Western Dvina (Daugava Западная Двина́ (Zapadnaya Dvina Заходняя Дзвiна za'xodnʲaja dzʲvʲi'na Dźwina Düna Väina Lovat River (Ловаць 'ɫovatsʲ Russian: река́ Ло́вать is a River in Belarus and Russia. Msta (Мста is a River in Tver Oblast and Novgorod Oblast of Russia. For the rocket see Dnepr rocket. For other uses see Dnieper (disambiguation. It is a place of many lakes, among them the Volgo, Peno, Seliger, Brosno, and Valdai Lake. Seliger (Селигер is a Lake in Tver Oblast and in the extreme northern part Novgorod Oblast of Russia, in the northwest of the Lake Brosno is a Lake situated in the European part of Russia, in the Tver region near the town of Andreapol. Valdai Lake ( Russian: Валдайское озеро, Валдай) is a Lake in the middle of the Valdai Hills in Novgorod [4]
The Valdai Hills are a popular tourist destination, particularly for fishing. A tourist destination is a city town or other area that is dependent to a significant extent on the revenues accruing from Tourism. The towns of Ostashkov and Valday are also remarkable for their historical associations. Ostashkov (Оста́шков is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, 199 km west of Tver. Valday or Valdai (Валда́й is a town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, the administrative center of Valdaysky District
References
- ^ Вышневолоцкий район
- ^ Тверская Жизнь - Архив
- ^ Русская Венеция - Offline
- ^ Darby; Richard Brookes, William Darby (1827). Darby's Universal Gazetteer: Or, A New Geographical Dictionary .... Original from the New York Public Library: Bennett & Walton, page 837.
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