Much of central Ukraine is covered by plateaus and fertile plains (steppes), somewhat hilly areas of grasslands and shrublands. It is a disputed territory. The Crimean Mountains front the southern edges of the Crimean Peninsula, and some lower, heavily-eroded mountains extend into Russia just north of the Sea of Azov. The southern lowland of Ukraine continues into the Crimean Peninsula, a peninsula jutting into the sea from southern Ukraine via the Perekop Isthmus. It has been marked on the map above by a yellow upright triangle. The country's highest point is located there, Hoverla Mountain, at 2061 m (6762 ft) tall. As observed on the physical map of Ukraine above the northern reaches of the Carpathian Mountains stretch across western Ukraine. The country sits on the southwestern part of the Russian Plain and is bordered by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south, Russia to the east and north, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west, and Romania and Moldova to the south.About 95% of the country is flat with an average elevation of the land is only 574 ft (175 m). Ukraine is the largest country that is entirely within Europe.
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