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The Urals are among the world's oldest extant [[mountain ranges]]. For its age of 300 until 250 million years, the mountains are yet unusually high. They were formed in the late [[Carboniferous]] period, when a [[continent]] consisting largely of [[Siberia|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]]. Europe and [[Siberia]] have remained joined together ever since. |
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The Urals have large deposits of [[gold]], [[platinum]], [[ore]], [[coal]], [[steel]], [[nickel]], [[silver]], and other [[Mineral|minerals]]. |
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Revision as of 13:25, 1 March 2007
60°00′N 60°00′E / 60.000°N 60.000°E
The Ural Mountains (Template:Lang-ru, Uralskiye gory) (also known as the Urals, the Riphean Mountains in Greco-Roman antiquity, and known as the Stone Belt) are a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia. They are sometimes considered as the natural boundary between Europe and Asia.
Geography
The Urals extend 2,500 km from the Kazakh steppes along the northern border of Kazakhstan to the coast of the Arctic ocean. The island of Novaya Zemlya forms a further continuation of the chain. Geographically this range marks the northern part of the (arbitrary) border between Asian and European sections of the Eurasian continent. Its highest peak is Mount Narodnaya (Poznurr, 1895 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.
Geographers have divided the Urals into five regions: South, Middle, North, Subarctic and Arctic Urals. The tree-line drops from 1400 metres to sea level as progressing north. Sections of the south and midlle Urals the Urals are completely forested.
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