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7-572: The Povcha Upland is situated in western Ukraine, between the valleys of the Styr and the Ikva , surrounding and taking its name from the village of Povcha (Ukrainian: Повча ; former Polish name: Pełcza ), about 105 km from the Polish-Ukrainian border. Its highest peak is at 361 m a.s.l. (358 m according to other sources) compared to the mean maximum altitude of the surrounding plain being about 270–280 m; this

14-463: Is known from the environs of Povcha. 50°22′30″N 25°30′00″E  /  50.37500°N 25.50000°E  / 50.37500; 25.50000 Styr The Styr ( Ukrainian : Стир ; Belarusian : Стыр ; Russian : Стырь ) is a right tributary of the Pripyat , with a length of 494 kilometres (307 mi). Its basin area is 13,100 square kilometres (5,100 sq mi) and located in

21-600: Is the highest point of the Volhynian Upland. The Povcha Upland is also called a 'range' (Polish: Pasmo Pełczańskie ) or even (in older sources) 'mountains' (Polish: Góry Pełczańskie ). Sometimes it is treated as the Povcha-Mizoch Range (Polish: Pasmo Pełczańsko-Mizockie ) together with its eastern continuation, the Mizoch Range  [ uk ] ; however, on account of differences in geology and geomorphology,

28-846: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Cossacks of Bohdan Khmelnytsky . During 1915–1916, the Styr river was the front line between the Austro-Hungarian and Imperial Russian armies. The river was also a barrier to the German invasion on June 22, 1941, during Operation Barbarossa on the South-Western Front. This article related to a river in Ukraine is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to

35-680: The Povcha Upland and the Mizoch Range are better treated as separate physiographic units. The western continuation of the Povcha Upland is the Sokal Plateau-ridge  [ pl ] (Ukrainian: Сокальське пасмо ; Polish: Grzęda Sokalska ) situated partly in Ukraine and partly in Poland. Natural vegetation of the Povcha Upland consists or consisted of deciduous and mixed forests, with small patches of steppe vegetation on southern slopes of

42-516: The hills. In the Povcha Upland there are (or used to be) a few outcrops of Devonian rocks. Their scientific importance is due to the fact that these are the only outcrops of this system in an area otherwise devoid of any (namely between the Holy Cross Mountains to the west and the Dniester valley to the east). Middle Devonian fossil fauna, including brachiopods , corals , and conodonts ,

49-581: The historical region of Volhynia . The Styr begins near Brody , Lviv Oblast , then flows into Rivne Oblast , Volyn Oblast , then into Brest Region of Belarus where it finally flows into the Pripyat. Notable settlements located on the river are Lutsk , Staryi Chortoryisk and Varash . During the Khmelnytskyi Uprising , the Battle of Berestechko took place in 1651 on the river between armies of

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