Valdai Hills

Valdai Hills
geographical name hills W Russia in Europe SE of Lake Il'men'; highest point 1053 feet (321 meters)

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  • Valdai Hills — [väl dī′] range of hills in W European Russia, between St. Petersburg & Moscow, forming a watershed for rivers flowing to the Baltic & those flowing south & southeast, esp. the Volga …   English World dictionary

  • Valdai Hills — The Valdai Hills (Russian: Валдайская возвышенность or Валдай, Latvian: Valdaja augstiene) are an upland region in north west of central Russia running north south, about midway between St. Petersburg and Moscow, spanning the Novgorod, Tver,… …   Wikipedia

  • Valdai Hills — /vahl duy /; Russ. /vul duy / a region of hills and plateaus in the W Russian Federation in Europe, at the source of the Volga River: highest point, 1140 ft. (347 m). * * * ▪ region, Russia Russian  Valdayskaya Vozvyshennost,         upland… …   Universalium

  • Valdai Hills — Val•dai′ Hills′ [[t]vɑlˈdaɪ[/t]] n. pl. geg a region of hills and plateaus in the W Russian Federation in Europe, at the source of the Volga River: highest point, 1140 ft. (347 m) …   From formal English to slang

  • Valdai Hills — /valdaɪ ˈhɪlz/ (say vahlduy hilz) plural noun a region of hills and plateaus in western Russia at the source of the river Volga. Highest point, about 350 m …  

  • Valdai Hills — /vahl duy /; Russ. /vul duy / a region of hills and plateaus in the W Russian Federation in Europe, at the source of the Volga River: highest point, 1140 ft. (347 m) …   Useful english dictionary

  • VALDAI HILLS —    a plateau rising to the height of 1100 ft. above the sea level in Russia, forming the only elevation in the Great European Plain …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Valdai (disambiguation) — Valdai or Valday may refer to one of the following: *Valday, a town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia *Valdai Hills, an upland region in Russia *Valdai Lake, a lake in Novgorod Oblast, Russia *Valday, a Russian ship …   Wikipedia

  • Valdai Lake — Infobox lake lake name = Valdai Lake image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Valdai Hills, Novgorod Oblast coords = coord|57|59|N|33|18|E|type:waterbody region:RU|display=inline,title type = inflow = outflow …   Wikipedia

  • Volga River — River, western Russia. Europe s longest river and the principal waterway of western Russia, it rises in the Valdai Hills northwest of Moscow and flows 2,193 mi (3,530 km) southeastward to empty into the Caspian Sea. It is used for power… …   Universalium

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