Chechen Plain

(also Groznyi Plain), a sloping plain on the right bank of the Sunzha River, at the foot of the Greater Caucasus in the Chechen-Ingush ASSR. It is 120 km long and reaches 40 km in width. Elevations range from 70 to 400 m. The plain is composed of coarse gravel covered with loess-like loams. Meadow and chernozem soils predominate; most of the plain is tilled.