Baltic Uplands

The uplands, which reach a height of 329 m above sea level (NN) at Wieżyca (German: Turmberg), form the western part of the East European Plain.

Towards the east they merge into the Belarusian Ridge; to the southeast they sink gradually into the Polesian depression.

The Baltic Uplands are crossed by the rivers Oder, Vistula, Memel and Düna.

Their component hill ranges are, from west to east, the Angeln, Schwansen, Hütten Hills, Danish Wahld, Holstein Switzerland, Mecklenburg Switzerland, Pomeranian Lake Plateau (with the Wieżyca), the Masurian Lake District (with the Wzgórza Szeskie (German: Seesker Höhe), Sudovian Upland and the Lower Lithuanian Ridge.

The low, rolling, ground moraine landscape is fertile and supports highly productive arable farming.