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Eastern Carpathian Foothills

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The uplift of Eastern Carpathian Foothills was not uniform, however, and the relief features are partly of tectonic origin. In the Dnieper glacial phase the northeastern part of Eastern Carpathian Foothills was occupied by a lobe of the
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the rivers intensified their erosion and sculpted into the surface a number of wide valleys, lowlands, and intervening ridges.
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Intervalley ridges rise above the region 80–120 m (260–390 ft) or more. The highest point,
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to the northwest). Its average elevation is around 300–500 m (980–1,640 ft)
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has elevation of 537 m (1,762 ft). Major intervalley ridges include
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deposits. The foredeep itself is filled with thick Miocene deposits of clays,
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to the southwest and number of plain regions to the east and north (bordering
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term designates transitional region in the western parts of
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divisions of the Carpathians
Outer Eastern Carpathians
geographical
Ukraine
Romania
Eastern Carpathian Mountains
Moldavian Plateau
Podillia Upland
Roztochia Upland
Sian Lowland
above sea level
Lviv
Ivano-Frankivsk
Chernivtsi Oblasts
Suceava County
foredeep
Carpathian Foredeep
Miocene epoch
Carpathian Mountains
Podolian Platform
flysch
argillites
calcareous clays
diluvial
alluvial deposits
Pliocene epoch
peneplain
fluvial
silt

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