Voronezh Massif in the context of "Basement (geology)"

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⭐ Core Definition: Voronezh Massif

Voronezh Massif (also Voronezh Anteclise Russian: Воронежская антеклиза, or Voronezh Uplift) is a tectonic anteclise in the south of the Central Russian Upland with a high occurrence of the Precambrian basement. It lies to the southwest of the town of Voronezh, Russia.

The massif covers the southwest area of European Russia. Ukraine lies to the southwest, while Belarus is to the west. The massif is bordered northwest of the Orsha depression and Zhlobin saddle, south-west and south of the Pripyat-Donetsk aulacogens, east of the Caspian Basin, and northeast of the Moscow Basin. The Voronezh Massif stretches 800 kilometres (500 mi) from northwest to southeast, and between 300–400 kilometres (190–250 mi) wide.

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Voronezh Massif in the context of Central Russian Upland

The Central Russian Upland (also: Middle Russian Upland (Russian: Среднерусская возвышенность, romanizedSrednerusskaya vozvyshennost') and East European Upland) is an upland area of the East European Plain and is an undulating plateau with an average elevation of 230–250 m (750–820 ft). Its highest peak is measured at 293 m (961 ft). The southeastern portion of the upland known as the Kalach Upland [ru]. The Central Upland is built of Precambrian deposits of the crystalline Voronezh Massif.

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