Stanyslaviv Depression

Stanyslaviv Depression (Станиславівська улоговина; Stanyslavivska ulohovyna). A land formation in Subcarpathia south of Ivano-Frankivsk between the Bystrytsia Solotvynska River in the northwest and the Vorona River in the southeast. The depression is a tectonic formation overlain with thick alluvial deposits. Its elevation rises in a north–south direction from approximately 250 to 500 m. The Bystrytsia Nadvirnianska River runs through the depression.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 5 (1993).]