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(詳細はplain in Europe and is a major feature of one of four major topographical units of Europe - the ''Central and Interior Lowlands''.〔(Geographical depiction of Europe ) ''Encyclopedia Britannica''〕 It is the largest mountain-free landform in Europe, although a number of highlands are identified within. ==Location== The plain stretches from the Pyrenees mountains and the French coast of the Bay of Biscay in the west to the Russian Ural Mountains in the east. Its shores are washed to the west and northwest by waters of the Atlantic basin, to the northeast - the Arctic basin, and to the southeast - the Mediterranean basin. To the south of the Middle European Plain stretch the central uplands and plateaus of Europe elevating to the peaks of the Alps and the Carpathian Mountains. To the northwest across the English Channel lie the British Isles, while across several straits north of the Jutland Peninsula lies the Scandinavian Peninsula which is part of the Fennoscandia ecoregion. Most of the plain lies in the temperate broadleaf and mixed forest biome, while its far eastern portion extends into steppe of the ecoregion Eurasian Steppe. Beside the Great European Plain there is number of other European plains such as the Pannonian Basin or Mid-Danube Plain which lies in the land of Alpine-Carpathian mountains, Padana Plain which is located in the valley of the Po river, and lowlands of the British Isles. The Great European Plain is divided into the North European Plain (Middle European Plain) and the East European Plain. The subdivision is a historical one, rather than geomorphological: the Russian portion of East European Plain is also known as the Russian Plain which covers almost entirely the European portion of the Russian Federation (European Russia). In Western Europe, the plain is relatively narrow (mostly within 200 miles) in the northern part of Europe, but it broadens significantly toward its eastern part in Western Russia.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「European Plain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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