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The Ural Mountains contain about 48 species of economically valuable ores and minerals. Eastern regions are rich in chalcopyrite, nickel oxide, gold, platinum, chromite and magnetite ores, as well as in coal (Chelyabinsk Oblast), bauxite, talc, fireclay and abrasives.
- Mount Narodnaya
Narodnaya is located in the Ural mountains water divide, and...
- Conventional Boundary
A map illustrating various definitions of the boundaries...
- Dyatlov Pass Incident
The Dyatlov Pass incident (Russian: гибель тургруппы...
- Ural Mountains in Nazi Planning
In 1725, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg first used the Ural...
- Ural Federal District
Ural Federal District (Russian: Ура́льский федера́льный...
- History of Human Settlement in The Ural Mountains
The Ural Mountains extend from the Arctic Ocean in the north...
- Mount Narodnaya
Ural ( Russian: Урал) is a geographical region located around the Ural Mountains, between the East European and West Siberian plains. It is considered a part of Eurasian Steppe, extending approximately from the North to the South; from the Arctic Ocean to the end of the Ural River near Orsk city.
Jan 31, 2024 · Ural Mountains, mountain range forming a rugged spine in west-central Russia and the major part of the traditional physiographic boundary between Europe and Asia. They extend some 1,550 miles (2,500 km) from the bend of the Ural River in the south to the low, severely eroded Pay-Khoy Ridge in the north.
The Ural Mountains ( Russian: Ура́льские го́ры, romanized: Uralskiye gory ), also known simply as the Urals, is a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia . Geography. The Urals stretch 2,500 km from the Kazakh steppes along the northern border of Kazakhstan to the coast of the Arctic Ocean.
The Ural Mountains, or simply the Urals, are a mountain range in Eurasia that runs north-south mostly through Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural and northwestern Kazakhstan. The mountain range forms part of the conventional boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia.
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Home Geography & Travel Countries of the World. The Ural Mountains. Nurgush Range, Southern Ural Mountains, Russia. A belt of low mountains and plateaus 1,150 to 1,500 feet (350 to 460 metres) high flanks the Ural Mountains proper along the eastern edge of the Russian Plain.