Valga Depression

760 km2

 

Korva floodplain meadows at the time of the spring flood of the Emajõgi river;
the meadows were used as cultivated grasslands during the Soviet time
http://www.estbirding.ee/linnualad/korva-luht

Formed before the Glacial Era

Located between Otepää, Karula and Sakala uplands

After the ice retreat a solid ice strip remained to the present-day Valga depression

After the retreat of the ice strip till moraine and sands were left behind

Kame fields, rolling landscape

The valley of the Väike Emajõgi river, intersecting to the morain plain; forests

Large flooded areas, floodplain mires

Large drained and cultivated floodplains (during the Soviet time)

Arable land on moraine plains

The biggest city: the Estonian-Latvian twin city Valga/Valka