Location and climate

Nizhegorodskaya Oblast’ is located in the central part of the Eastern-European plain. The Volga divides the province in two parts: the low-lying land to the left of the river known as the Zavolzh’e (or Levoberezh’e) and the elevated, hilly land to the right of the river – Pravoberezh’e which is the extension of the Privolzhskaya Elevation (Mordovskaya Elevation (up to 247 meters high), Chuvashskaya Elevation, Peremilovskiye and Faddeyevy mountains, Mezhpyanye Elevation). The climate in Nizhegorodskaya oblast’ is mild continental with the average temperature in January falling to around -12 degrees Centigrade, while summers are relatively warm with mid-July temperatures about +19 degrees. Precipitation averages 500mm yearly. Vegetation period is 165-175 days.