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Haanja

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Haanja 

an upland in the southeastern part of the Estonian SSR, on the border with the RSFSR and the Latvian SSR. The Haanja Upland is a divide separating the rivers in the area drained by the Zapadnaia Dvina (the Daugava) and the Gauja from the rivers flowing into Lake Pskov. Its maximum elevation is 318 m (Mount Suur Munamâgi). The upland is composed of Devonian dolomites and limestones covered with glacial deposits. The terrain is characterized by morainic hills and has many lakes. The area is heavily forested with conifers.



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While some adjustment difficulties are to be expected in moving to a new school, interviews with pupils showed that some experienced transition difficulties even when they remained in the same school as demonstrated by the following quote: Everything is confusing and [the teachers think] that we are grown-ups, but we are not (Pupils, Haanja School, same basic school).
Liinjarv is the highest in the chain of seven lakes, which are connected by a stream flowing in the valley that cuts the western slope of the Haanja Uplands, the highest area in Estonia (Fig.
The maximal amplitudes of absolute heights of the bedrock surface are close to those of the modern topography, being lowest in the ancient valleys (Harku valley -145 m) and highest in the Haanja Heights (+166 m).
 
 
 
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