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3 days ago · Caucasus, mountains and region lying between the Black Sea (west) and the Caspian Sea (east) and occupied by Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. The great historic barrier of the Caucasus Mountains rises up across the wide isthmus where Europe and Asia converge. Mount Elbrus is its highest peak.
2 days ago · This book offers a comprehensive thousand-year history of the land, people, society, culture, and economy of Hungary from its nebulous origins in the Ural Mountains to the elections of 1988. 19th-Century Hungarian Political Thought and Culture: Towards Settlement with Austria, 1790-1867 by Ferenc Hörcher and Kálmán Tóth (editors)
1 day ago · "The biggest rain and warming events of the past are all linked to atmospheric blocking over Scandinavia and the Ural Mountains. ... Your feedback is important to us. However, we do not guarantee ...
1 day ago · Western Russia makes up the largest part of one of the great lowland areas of the world, the Russian Plain (also called the East European Plain), which extends into Russia from the western border eastward for 1,000 miles (1,600 km) to the Ural Mountains and from the Arctic Ocean more than 1,500 miles (2,400 km) to the Caucasus Mountains and the ...
3 days ago · Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal, lake located in the southern part of eastern Siberia within the republic of Buryatia and Irkutsk oblast (province) of Russia. It is the oldest existing freshwater lake on Earth (20 million–25 million years old), as well as the deepest continental body of water, having a maximum depth of 5,315 feet (1,620 metres).
4 days ago · Why are mountains so important? Mountains have been globally important to people for centuries due to several reasons. Firstly, they are sources of food, providing fertile land for agriculture and grazing. Additionally, mountains are treasure troves of valuable minerals and precious stones, contributing to economies and industries worldwide.
5 days ago · Field surveys of the Southern Ural Mountains. To study the localization and distribution of J. sibirica in the mountains of the Southern Urals we previously conducted a broader survey of the upper treeline on all the main mountain peaks of this region in 2010–2020. We covered a distance of at least 500 km and examined 27 peaks and ridges in ...
