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Volgo–Uralia is a crustal segment that, together with the Sarmatian Craton and the Fennoscandian Craton, makes up the East European Craton.Volgo–Uralia is the easternmost of the three segments and borders the Sarmatian Craton to the southwest along the Pachelma aulacogen and the Fennoscandian Craton to the northwest along the Volhyn–Central Russian aulacogen.
The Volga-Ural province is formed by a variety of different geological layers. The bottom of the province is made up of crystalline earth formed during the Archean Eon (4.0 to 2.5 Gya). On top of this layer are younger layers consisting of various materials, including sandstone, shale, organic forms of carbonate, and other conglomerated mineral ...
Ural (Russian: Урал) is a geographical region located around the Ural Mountains, between the East European and West Siberian plains. It is considered a part of the Eurasian Steppe , extending approximately from the North to the South; from the Arctic Ocean to the end of the Ural River near Orsk city.
Idel-Ural is within an extensive north-western protrusion of the Volga River's drainage basin, including numerous tributaries such as the Malaya Kokshaga River. It also includes sub-tributaries, such as the Belaya River which joins the Kama River, a tributary of the Volga.
East European Plain, a very large area that comprises the plains and depressions west and southwest of the Urals crossed by numerous large rivers, such as the Volga, Dnieper, Don and Pechora. Area approximately 4,000,000 km 2 (1,500,000 sq mi). [2] East Siberian Lowland, a vast alluvial plain, swampy and dotted with thousands of lakes.
The Volga (Russian: Волга, pronounced ⓘ) is the longest river in Europe and the longest endorheic basin river in the world. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of 3,531 km (2,194 mi), and a catchment area of 1,360,000 km 2 (530,000 sq mi). [1]
Volga–Ural may refer to: Volga–Ural interfluve; Volga-Ural Military District; Volga-Ural Petroleum and Gas Province; Volgo–Uralia; Idel-Ural; Volga-Ural State
2 Geology. 3 Population. 4 Rivers. ... Europe's eastern frontier is usually delineated by the Ural Mountains in Russia, ... The Volga, the longest river in Europe, ...