- Chechen Plain by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... also Groznyi Plain), a sloping plain on the right bank of the Sunzha River, at the foot of the Greater Caucasus in the Chechen-Ingush ASSR. It is 120 km long and reaches 40 km in width. Elevations range from 70 to 400 m. The plain is composed of coarse gravel covered with loess-like loams. Meadow and chernozem soils predominate; most of the plain ...
- Nizhnekartli Plain by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
a plain in the Georgian SSR between the spurs of the Trialeti and Somkheti ranges. Most of the plain extends along the Khrami and Algeti rivers. It includes the left bank of the Kura River at the city of Rustavi. The plain measures 65 km long and up to 35 km wide. Elevations range from 250 to 400 m. Composed of alluvial ...
- Nobi by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... Mino-Owari), a low-lying plain on southeastern Honshu Island, Japan. Area, approximately 1,800 sq km. The plain is composed of marine deposits and of alluvium from the Kiso River and its tributaries. The climate is humid, subtropical, and monsoonal. Numerous dikes, some as high as 10 m, protect the densely populated plain from floods. Rice, vegetables, and ...
- Hotao by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
a plain in China, situated in a bend of the Huang Ho; the northern edge of the Ordos Plateau. The plain measures approximately 400 km in length and 100 km in width. It has elevations of 1,000–1,200 m. The Hot’ao is made up of deposits from the Huang Ho, and sections of sand are encountered. There is irrigation farming ...
- Oka-Don Plain by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
a plain in the European part of the USSR, situated between the Central Russian and Volga uplands, extending from the Oka River in the north to the Kalach Upland in the south. The plain’s northern and central parts are called the Tambov Plain.The plain has a flat, rolling relief consisting of watersheds with heights of 150–180 m alternating with broad terraced valleys, ravines, and sinkholes. It is ...