• The Ural Mountains extend about 2,500 km (1,600 mi) from the Kara Sea to the Kazakh Steppe along the border of Kazakhstan.
  • Alpine folding resulted in new mountains, the most marked upheaval being that of the Nether-Polar Urals. In the watershed region lies the Ural-Tau...
  • On the north, the mountain chain continues to Novaya Zemlya and Vaygach Islands. The Ural Mountains form Uralian orogenic belt’s major portion.
  • It is also usually stated that Siberia begins with the Ural mountains. ... Mount Narodnaya is the highest mountain in the Urals, peaking at 1,894 metres.
  • URAL MOUNTAINS. The Urals are an extensive mountain area (up to 1900 meters / 6230 ft) dividing Europe and Asia.
  • Indigenous peoples (the Udmurts, Komi, Mansi, Khanty) call the Ural Mountains "Stone". And sometimes they say that about the Urals – “the Stone Belt".
  • Because of the climate and its characteristics, the northernmost parts of the Ural Mountains are barren and cannot be cultivated there.
  • The Ural Mountains stretch from north to south through western Russia, from the coast of the Atlantic Ocean to the Ural River and north western Kazakhstan.
  • From the north to the south, the mountains touch different climatic zones. In the TUNDRA of the polar Urals (Poliarnyi Ural) the winter lasts nearly seven months.
  • However, beyond revolutions and changes in regime, you’ll find even more fascinating history out in the natural ridges of the Ural mountains.