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The Ural Mountains

Mountain Ranges and Massifs

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 near the Caspian Sea. The mountain range forms part of the conventional boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia, marking the separation between European Russia and Siberia. The average altitudes of the Urals are around 1,000-1,300 metres (3,300-4,300 ft), the highest point being Mount Narodnaya, which reaches a height of 1,894 metres (6,214 ft). The range extends about 2,500 km (1,600 mi) from the Kara Sea to the Kazakh Steppe. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Length (km)
2500 1
Highest Elevation (m)
1894 1
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Source Ural Mountains (Wikipedia)
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1. The Ural Mountains (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    the highest point being Mount Narodnaya, which reaches a height of 1,894 metres (6,214 ft)
  • Geography and topography section
    The Ural Mountains extend about 2,500 km (1,600 mi) from the Kara Sea to the Kazakh Steppe along the border of Kazakhstan.
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Wikidata: The Ural Mountains
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Ural Mountains (Wikipedia)
Shaped By: Orogeny, Article text
Quote, Shaped By: Orogeny, Article text
They formed during the Uralian orogeny due to the collision of the eastern edge of the supercontinent Laurasia with the young and rheologically weak continent of Kazakhstania, which now underlies much of Kazakhstan and West Siberia west of the Irtysh, and intervening island arcs.
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