Povcha Upland

[1] The Povcha Upland is situated in western Ukraine, between the valleys of the Styr and the Ikva, surrounding and taking its name from the village of Povcha (Ukrainian: Повча; former Polish name: Pełcza), about 105 km from the Polish-Ukrainian border.

[2] (358 m according to other sources)[3] compared to the mean maximum altitude of the surrounding plain being about 270–280 m; this is the highest point of the Volhynian Upland.

[1] The western continuation of the Povcha Upland is the Sokal Plateau-ridge [pl] (Ukrainian: Сокальське пасмо; Polish: Grzęda Sokalska) situated partly in Ukraine and partly in Poland.

Their scientific importance is due to the fact that these are the only outcrops of this system in an area otherwise devoid of any (namely between the Holy Cross Mountains to the west and the Dniester valley to the east).

[10] Middle Devonian fossil fauna, including brachiopods, corals, and conodonts, is known from the environs of Povcha.