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Ural Mountains
Ural Mountains
Riphean redirects here. For the time period, see Riphean stage
The Ural Mountains Range
the Arctic ocean. Vaygach Island and the island of Novaya Zemlya form a further continuation of the chain. Geographically this range marks the northern part of the border between Asian and European sections of the Eurasian continent. Its highest peak is Mount Narodnaya (Poznurr, 1,895 m). Erosion has exposed considerable mineral wealth in the Urals, including gems such as topaz and beryl.The Virgin Komi Forests in the northern Urals are recognized as a World Heritage site. 68% of the Ural Mountains are located in Russia, whilst the remaining 32% are located in Kazakhstan.[1][2] Geographers have divided the Urals into five regions: South, Middle, North, Subarctic and Arctic Urals. The tree line drops from 1,400 metres to sea level as progressing north. Sections of the south and middle regions are completely forested.
Etymology
Countries Regions Russia, Kazakhstan Bashkortostan, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Perm Krai, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Kurgan Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, West Kazakhstan Mount Narodnaya 1,895 m (6,217 ft) Carboniferous
Highest point - elevation Period
The Ural Mountains (Russian: Ура́льские го́ры, Uralskiye gory) (also known as the Urals) are a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia. They are usually considered the natural boundary between Europe and Asia. In Greco-Roman antiquity, Pliny the Elder thought that the Urals correspond to the Riphean Mountains mentioned by various authors. They are also known as the Great Stone Belt in Russian history and folklore. The Ural range is also the setting for any number of guerilla-style fighting scenarios in alternate history such as Robert Harris’s Fatherland (novel) that depict the successful Nazi conquest of the Soviet Union during World War II.
The Village of Kolchedan in the Ural Mountains in 1912 The Urals were named after the Uralian tribe that was once native to the northern region of Asia. The Uralians were hunter-gatherers; however the lack of plentiful resources in the area forced them to relocate, spreading throughout the Asian region. According to another explanation, the word Ural is of Turkic origin and means a stone belt.[3]
Geology
The Urals are among the world’s oldest extant mountain ranges. For its age of 250 to 300 million years, the elevation of the mountains is unusually high. They were formed during the late Carboniferous period, when
Geography
The Urals extend 2,498 km from the Kazakh steppes along the northern border of Kazakhstan to the coast of
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western Siberia collided with eastern Baltica (connected to Laurentia (North America) to form the minor supercontinent of Euramerica) and Kazakhstania to form the supercontinent of Laurasia. Later Laurasia and Gondwana collided to form the supercontinent of Pangaea, which subsequently broke itself apart into the seven continents known today. Europe and Siberia have remained joined together ever since.
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collection of minerals, like gold, platinum, magnetite, ilmenite, perovskite, rutile, chromite, chrysoberyl, quartz, zircon, uvarovite, phenakite, topaz and beryl, among others. The Urals have large deposits of gold, platinum, coal, iron, nickel, silver, oil and other minerals.
References
[1] [2] [3] Ural Mountains - Peakbagger.com Ural Mountains - MSN Encarta The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages - Cambridge University Press • E. K. Hofmann
See also
• • • • Dyatlov Pass incident Idel-Ural State Pangaea Ural (region)
External links
• Urals travel guide from Wikitravel • Five parts of the Ural Mountains
Map of the Ural Mountains The Urals were first studied in a systematic way by Russian mineralogist Ernst Karlovich Hofmann (1801-1871) of St. Petersburg University. During his tireless research, which began in 1828, Hofmann travelled thousands of miles in the Urals and gathered a vast A mine in the Ural Mountains, 1910 Coordinates: 60°00′N 60°00′E / 60°N 60°E / 60; 60 Chusovaya River in the Ural Mountains. Polar Urals, Vorkuta, Komi
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