{{Short description|Hill range in Ukraine, part of the East European Plain}} thumb|View of the Kameniarnia ravine in the Povcha Upland The '''Povcha Upland''' ({{langx|uk|Повчанська височина|Povchanska vysochyna}}) is a hill range in Ukraine, forming part of the Volhynian Upland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Загальногеографічний атлас України |date=2004 |publisher=DNVP "Kartohrafii︠a︡" |isbn=978-966-631-500-0 |editor-last=Руденко |editor-first=Ирина |location=Kyïv}}</ref>
The Povcha Upland is situated in western Ukraine, between the valleys of the Styr and the Ikva, surrounding and taking its name from the village of Povcha (Ukrainian: ''Повча''; former Polish name: ''Pełcza''), about 105 km from the Polish Ukrainian border. Its highest peak is at 361 m a.s.l.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Новак |first=Тарас Андрійович |url=https://scc.knu.ua/upload/iblock/91e/dis_Novak%20T..pdf |title=Рельєф Волинської височини: проблеми просторової диференціації |date=2020 |location=Львів |trans-title=Relief of the Volhynian Upland: problems of spatial differentiation; Кваліфікаційна наукова праця, Дисертація на здобуття наукового ступеня кандидата географічних наук. |access-date=2024-04-09 |archive-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408105907/https://scc.knu.ua/upload/iblock/91e/dis_Novak%20T..pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> (358 m according to other sources)<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Kobendza |first=R. |date=1933 |title=Kilka uwag o roślinności płaskowzgórza Pełczańskiego na Wołyniu [Einige Bemerkungen über die Flora des Plateaus von Pełcza in Wolhynien] |url=https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/asbp.1933.007 |journal=Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae |language=en-US |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=291–295 |doi=10.5586/asbp.1933.007 |issn=2083-9480 |access-date=2024-04-09 |archive-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408104842/https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/asbp.1933.007 |url-status=live |doi-access=free }}</ref> compared to the mean maximum altitude of the surrounding plain being about 270–280 m; this is the highest point of the Volhynian Upland.<ref name=":1" />
The Povcha Upland is also called a 'range' (Polish: ''Pasmo Pełczańskie'')<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Borusiewicz |first=A. |date=1939 |title=Krainy geograficzne Wołynia |trans-title=Natural divisions of Volhynia; English summary on pp. 24–25 |url=https://bcul.lib.uni.lodz.pl/dlibra/publication/57825/edition/50588/content |journal=Rocznik Wołyński |location=Równe |volume=8 |pages=1–25 |access-date=2024-04-09 |archive-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408100508/https://bcul.lib.uni.lodz.pl/dlibra/publication/57825/edition/50588/content |url-status=live }}</ref> or even (in older sources) 'mountains' (Polish: ''Góry Pełczańskie'').<ref>{{Cite book |last=Siemiradzki |first=Józef |url=https://www.sbc.org.pl/Content/217007/geologja_ziem_polskich_tom_1.pdf |title=Geologja ziem polskich. Tom 1: Formacje starsze, do jurajskiej włącznie |date=1922 |publisher=Muzeum im. Dzieduszyckich |edition=2nd |location=Lwów |access-date=2024-04-09 |archive-date=2022-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708131202/https://www.sbc.org.pl//Content/217007/geologja_ziem_polskich_tom_1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Sometimes it is treated as the Povcha-Mizoch Range<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Halamski |first=Adam T. |date=2012-12-01 |title=Diversity of the Schizophoria lineage (Brachiopoda: Orthida) in the Lower and Middle Devonian of Poland and adjacent areas |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-012-0136-2 |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |language=en |volume=86 |issue=4 |pages=347–365 |doi=10.1007/s12542-012-0136-2 |bibcode=2012PalZ...86..347H |issn=1867-6812 |access-date=2024-04-09 |archive-date=2024-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410181329/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-012-0136-2 |url-status=live |doi-access=free }}</ref> (Polish: ''Pasmo Pełczańsko-Mizockie'')<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lencewicz |first=Stanisław |url=https://fbc.pionier.net.pl/details/nnk243n |title=Wielka Geografia Powszechna: Polska |date=1937 |publisher=Trzaska, Evert & Michalski |location=Warszawa |access-date=2024-04-09 |archive-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408085815/https://fbc.pionier.net.pl/details/nnk243n |url-status=live }}</ref> together with its eastern continuation, the {{ill|Mizoch Range|uk|Мізоцький кряж}}; however, on account of differences in geology<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Maruszczak |first1=Henryk |last2=Sirenko |first2=Ina |date=1990 |title=Problemy regionalizacji geomorfologicznej wschodniej części wału metakarpackiego |trans-title=Problems of Geomorphological Regionalization of the Eastern Part of the Meta-Carpathian Arch; English summary on pp. 64–65 |url=http://bc.umcs.pl/Content/32858/PDF/czas4052_44_45_1989_1990_2.pdf |journal=Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska (Lublin – Polonia) |volume=44/45 |issue=2 |pages=37–65 |access-date=2024-04-09 |archive-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408085812/http://bc.umcs.pl/Content/32858/PDF/czas4052_44_45_1989_1990_2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and geomorphology,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Novak |first1=Taras |last2=Bermes |first2=Andriy |date=2015 |title=Relationships between tectonics and drainage network planar geometry of the Povcha and Mizoch uplands, NW Ukraine |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277077017 |journal=Prace Studenckiego Koła Naukowego Geografów Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego w Krakowie |volume=4 |pages=109–120 |issn=2300-3928 |access-date=2024-04-09 |archive-date=2024-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410181341/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277077017_Relationships_between_tectonics_and_drainage_network_planar_geometry_of_the_Povcha_and_Mizoch_uplands_NW_Ukraine |url-status=live }}</ref> the Povcha Upland and the Mizoch Range are better treated as separate physiographic units.<ref name=":0" /> The western continuation of the Povcha Upland is the {{ill|Sokal Plateau-ridge|pl|Grzęda Sokalska}} (Ukrainian: ''Сокальське пасмо''; Polish: ''Grzęda Sokalska'') situated partly in Ukraine and partly in Poland.<ref name=":2" />
Natural vegetation of the Povcha Upland consists or consisted of deciduous and mixed forests, with small patches of steppe vegetation on southern slopes of the hills.<ref name=":3" />
In the Povcha Upland there are (or used to be) a few outcrops of Devonian rocks. Their scientific importance is due to the fact that these are the only outcrops of this system in an area otherwise devoid of any (namely between the Holy Cross Mountains to the west and the Dniester valley to the east).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Samsonowicz |first=Jan |date=1950 |title=Dewon Wołynia |trans-title=The Devonian of Volhynia; English summary on pp. 480–518 |url=https://geojournals.pgi.gov.pl/agp/article/view/12915 |journal=Acta Geologica Polonica |language=en |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=401–520}}</ref> Middle Devonian fossil fauna, including brachiopods, corals, and conodonts, is known from the environs of Povcha.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kelus |first=Aleksander |date=1939 |title=Devonische Brachiopoden und Korallen der Umgebung von Pełcza in Volhynien |url=https://new.fbc.pionier.net.pl/publication/a59d8244ebf60d2d7b8e |journal=Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny, Biuletyn |location=Warszawa |volume=8 |access-date=2024-04-09 |archive-date=2024-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409083822/https://new.fbc.pionier.net.pl/publication/a59d8244ebf60d2d7b8e |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Дригант |first=Данило Михайлович |url=http://irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/ulib/item/UKR0010150 |title=Девонські конодонти південно-західної окраїни Східноєвропейської платформи (Волино-Поділля, Україна) [Devonian Conodonts from South-West Margin of the East European Platform (Volyn'-Podolian, Ukraine)] |date=2010 |publisher=Академперіодика |location=Київ |language=uk |access-date=2024-04-09 |archive-date=2024-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408140422/http://irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/ulib/item/UKR0010150 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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