• The Ural Mountains run north and south, to form a border between Europe & Asia. They are divided into five regions, Arctic, Subarctic, North, Middle and South. Located in Russia, their highest point is Mount Narodnaya.

• Fast Facts

  1. Geologically the Urals are worn down stumps from an ancient mountain range
  2. First settlement on mountains were back in the middle Stone Age
  3. Mountains go from Arctic Ocean to Caspian Sea (1242 miles)
  4. Have deposits of Silver, gold, iron, Nickel, platinum and precious stones
  5. Mountains highest point is Mount Narodnaya at 6,217 ft.Britannica Encyclopedia: Mount Narodnaya
  6. Named after Uralian tribe
  7. Ural is Turkic for stone belt
  8. The Southern Urals are located near a Soviet nuclear facility called Mayak Chemical Combine
  9. The Urals are one of the world's oldest extant mountain ranges
  10. The entire Middle Ural region is covered with dense coniferous forests

• Geography of the Ural Mountains

  The Ural Mountains a rugged range that extend from the northern border of Kazakhstan to the Arctic Ocean with a range of 2,500km. Notorious for dense forests and rich soils, quite a few minerals can be found here including gemstones such as topaz and beryl. The Ural region also is rich in chromium, copper, zinc, platinum, silver and gold.

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