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