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Most of Ukraine's area is taken up by the steppe-like region just north of the Black Sea. Most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (or steppes) and plateaus. In terms of land use, 58% of Ukraine is considered arable land; 2% is used for permanent crops, 13% for permanent pastures, 18% is forests and woodland, and 9% is other.
The geology of Ukraine is the regional study of rocks, minerals, tectonics, natural resources and groundwater in Ukraine. The oldest rocks in the region are part of the Ukrainian Shield and formed more than 2.5 billion years ago in the Archean eon of the Precambrian .
The following is a list of ecoregions in Ukraine, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF): Terrestrial. Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests. Central ...
A few western Ukraine rivers drain to the north west through Poland to the Baltic Sea, as part of the Western Bug drainage basin. The most notable rivers of Ukraine include the Dnieper, Dniester, Southern Buh, and Siverskyi Donets. The longest river is the Dnieper, the longest tributary is the Dnieper's tributary Desna.
This is the largest area Ukraine has taken under protection, and the best preserved area of bog massifs. The reserve was created to preserve the natural state of typical and unique natural complexes of the Ukraine Polissya. As a result of Ukraine's geographical position, the reserve belongs to the Volyn Polesia zone of mixed forests. 16
An enlargeable topographic map of Ukraine. Geography of Ukraine Ukraine is located in the south-east part of Europe. The capital city of Ukraine is Kyiv, located in north-central Ukraine. The country is bordered by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and the country of Russia and Belarus. [1] Ukraine is: a country; Location:
Natural gas is Ukraine's biggest import at present and is the main cause of the country's structural trade deficit. [9] In the 17 December 2013 Ukrainian–Russian action plan, it was agreed that the cost of Russian natural gas supplied to Ukraine would be lowered to $268 per 1,000 cubic metres from a price of more than $400 in December 2013 ...
Ukraine [a] is a country in Eastern Europe.It is the second-largest European country [b] after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast. [c] [10] It also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova [d] to the southwest; with a coastline along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast.