Vepsian Upland

{{Short description|Hilly region of the East European Plain in Russia}} {{Infobox mountain range | name = Vepsian Upland | other_name = Вепсовская возвышенность / Vepsän ülüz | image = Vepsamaa 2017 (151).jpg | image_caption = Panorama of the Vepsian Upland. | highest = Malgora | elevation_m = 304 | elevation_ref = <ref name="ЭСБЕ"/> | coordinates = {{coord|60|40|41|N|35|22|43|E|}} | prominence_m = 141 | prominence_ref = <ref name="PB">[https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=74502 Peakbagger - Gora Malgora]</ref> | parent = East European Plain | location = Vologda Oblast,<br /> Leningrad Oblast,<br /> Russia | map = European Russia# Russia Vologda Oblast#Russia Leningrad Oblast | map_caption = Location | label_position = none | geology = Limestone | age = Carboniferous | orogeny = | range_coordinates = {{coord|60|20|N|35|15|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates_ref = <ref name="GЕ"/> | type = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = From Vytegorsky District }} The '''Vepsian Upland''' ({{langx|ru|Вепсовская возвышенность, Вепсская возвышенность}}; {{langx|vep|Vepsän ülüz}}) is a hilly region of the East European Plain located in Vologda Oblast and Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Lake Onega is located to the north.<ref name="GЕ"/>

A {{convert|189100|ha}} forested sector at the western end of the hills is a protected area under the name Vepsian Forest ({{langx|vep|Vepsän mec}}; {{langx|ru|Вепсский лес}}). It was established in 1999.<ref name="PA">[https://ooptlo.ru/vepsskij-les.html Природный парк «Вепсский лес»]</ref> Lake Shimozero, located in the eastern part of the Vepsian Upland, is also a protected area since 1978.<ref name="PA2">[http://oopt.aari.ru/oopt/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9 Шимозерский]</ref>

==Geography== The Vepsian hilly area is a northward extension of the Central Russian Upland, in the same manner as the Valdai Hills to the southeast. The south-west / northeast oriented Tikhvin Ridge connects the central part of the Valdai Hills to the Vepsian Upland in its north-eastern part. Together with the Tikhvin Ridge, part of the Valdai Hills, the Vepsian Upland separates the basins of the Baltic and the Caspian Seas.<ref name="ЭСБЕ">[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article004106.html Вепсовская возвышенность] / ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia:'' in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978</ref><ref name="ЭСБЕ2">[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article110843.html Тихвинская гряда] / ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia:'' in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978</ref> The upland stretches across Vytegorsky District, in the western part of Vologda Oblast, as well as the Podporozhsky, Boksitogorsky and Tikhvinsky districts of the eastern side of Leningrad Oblast.

The highest point is Malgora hill at {{coord|60|40|41|N|35|22|43|E|}}. With a height of {{convert|304|m|ft}} above sea level, it is also the highest point of Vologda Oblast. Gapselga, the highest point of Leningrad Oblast, reaching {{convert|291|m|ft}} above sea level, is also located in the Vepsian Upland.<ref name="GЕ">Google Earth</ref><ref>[https://vk.com/wall-15161897_3857?lang=en Toponymic Stories]</ref>

The main rivers of the hill area are the Shoksha, Oyat, Kapsha, Pasha, Tutoka and Yavosma.<ref>[http://turizm.lib.ru/s/shwarc_d_a/veps.shtml Обзор: Реки Вепсовской возвышенности]</ref>

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==External links== *[https://cargocollective.com/evgenymolodtsov/VEPSSKII-LES-Vepsian-forest Вепсский лес / Vepsian forest] *[https://www.keeptravel.com/russia/attraction/vepsovskaya-vozvyshennost Veps Hills] *[http://www.veps.org/veps/Avustus/aug/aug.htm Aiding around Vepsia] {{Russia-geo-stub}}

Category:Landforms of Leningrad Oblast Category:Landforms of Vologda Oblast