Meshchera Lowlands

Coordinates: 55°10′58″N 40°20′00″E / 55.18278°N 40.33333°E / 55.18278; 40.33333
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Vladimir Meshchera
M. Presnyakov. Autumn in the Meshchera land. 2003–2005

Meshchera Lowlands (Meshchyora Lowlands) (

Slavic tribes). It occupies parts of Moscow Oblast, Vladimir Oblast and Ryazan Oblast; respectively, it is called the Moscow, Vladimir and Ryazan Meshcheras.[1]

Geography

Meshchera is a

/Kolpna (Колпь, Колпна) from the East. Elevation: 80–130 metres.

Climate of Meshchera is

humid continental
with long, cold and snowy winters, and short, warm and rainy summers. Annual average temperature is +4.3 °C (39.7 °F). The coldest month is February with average temperature of −11.6 °C (11.1 °F). During severe winters, temperatures can go as low as −47 °C (−53 °F). Summers are warm, sometimes hot, with average July temperature of +19.8 °C (67.6 °F), and in extremely hot summers temperature can rise up to +40 °C (104 °F).

It is covered by mixed forests, pine forests in sandy areas, with many wetlands and lakes.

References

55°10′58″N 40°20′00″E / 55.18278°N 40.33333°E / 55.18278; 40.33333