The Vidzeme Upland is part of the
drainage divide between
Gauja and
Daugava river basins. The upland contains the highest point of Latvia, the
Gaiziņkalns hill. The plateau is based on a high elevation of bedrock, which is covered by the thickest Quaternary sediment cover in Latvia - on average 80 m, but in some places even up to 120–170 m thick. Therefore, the bedrock is exposed only in some places at the foot of the plateau. The average height of Vidzeme highlands is 250 m. There are several high peaks in the plateau: •
Gaizinkalns (311.5 m) - the highest peak in Latvia and the second highest
Baltic States, • (296.8 m), • (284 m), • (269 m), • (272 m), • (261 m), • (255 m). is a meridionally extended elevation of bedrock with a complex relief formed by two ridge-shaped ridges with a series of boggy depressions between them. In the lower reaches of the Upper Gauja and Augšogres, the surface of the bedrock is flat, covered by a 70–100 m thick sedimentary cover. The relief is formed by small hills (chemists), between which there are swampy depressions. In the territory of Vidzeme Highlands there are such cities and settlements as
Madona,
Cesvaine,
Ērgļi,
Smiltene and
Līgatne. They are all located on the slopes of the Vidzeme highlands. ==References==