BELEBEY UPLAND

BELEBEY UPLAND in the territory of the RB extends from the lower reaches of the Basa River in the NW to the Dyoma River on the SE, in the W — the Ik River (tributary of the Kama River). Abs. alt. in the south — 200 m, in SE — 420 m. The relief is erosive. The bowels are rich in oil (Tuymazinskoye, Usen-­Ivanovskoye, Shka­povskoye oil fields). In the W and S there are plateau peaks (approx. 100 m high) with karst depressions; northern and eastern slopes are smoothed, they pass into river terraces. B.U. constitues the watershed of rivers Belaya, Kama and Volga, in the SE there are lakes Asylykul, Kandrykul. The combination of broadleaf, small­leaf and coniferous forests with meadow steppes is characteristic. Natural growth on the slopes of the hills is represented by multi­grass and rocky steppes with shrubs of cherry, black­ thorn, pea shrub. There is vertical differen­ tiation of plain landscape. Gray and dark­ gray forest soils, black soils are common. Alsheyevsky, Bakalinsky, Belebeyevsky, Bizhbulyaksky, Blagovarsky, Buzdyaksky, Davlekanovsky, Ermekeyevsky, Tuymazin­sky, Chekmagushevsky, Sharansky raions are located on B.U.