Chashnikskaya Plain is a physical and geographical area ( plain ) located in the south of the Belarusian Lake District . Partially occupies Beshenkovichi , Sennensky , Chashniki districts of Vitebsk region . In the north it borders with the Polotsk Lowland , in the east with the Vitebsk Upland and the Luchos Lowland , in the south with the Orsha Upland , in the south-west and west with the Verkhneberezinsky Lowland and the Ushach-Lepel Upland .
| Chashnikskaya plain | |
|---|---|
| Belor. Chashnitskaya raўnіna | |
 Chashniki plain (2001) | |
| Characteristics | |
| Absolute height | 192 m |
| Dimensions | 70 × 72 km |
| Area | 2500 km² |
| Rivers | Ulla , Usveyka , Candle , Lukomka , Kryvinka , Birch , Obolyanka |
| Lakes | Soro , Senno , Berezovskoe |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Region | Vitebsk region |
| Areas | Beshenkovichi district , Senno district , Chashniki district |
The length from west to east is from 40 km to 72 km, from north to south from 30 km to 70 km, an area of 2.5 thousand km². Height 140-160 m, the highest point 192 m above sea level (in the southern part of the plain).
The glaciers of 5 glaciations took part in the formation of the plain, the glaciers of the last two glaciations made the greatest impact. The soils are mainly sod-podzolic and sod-podzolic boggy soils.
Minerals : fusible clay , sand and gravel , peat , sapropel .
The rivers belong to the basin of the Western Dvina : Ulla with its tributaries Usveika , Svechanka , Lukomka ; Krivinka with a Birch ; Obolyanka . There are many lakes, the largest are Zherinsky, Soro , Senno , Beryozovsky .
Literature
- Chashnitskaya rainy // Geography of Belarus: encyclopedic davdnіk / red. feces L. V. Kazloўskaya [і інш.]. - Mn., 1992 .-- S. 77-78.
- Belarus: Etsyklapedichny davidnik / Redkal .: B. І. Sachanka і іnsh - М .: BelEn, 1995. - 800 p. - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 985-11-0026-9 .