The Ural Mountains range is considered to be one of the most ancient on Earth.
It is aged at over 350 million years old.
The entire range measures over 2000 km (1250 miles).
The mountains begin in the Polar regions of Russia at the Arctic Ocean shore.
They stretch across the country from north to south extending into the prairies of Kazakhstan.
The Ural Mountains divide the continent into two subcontinents (Europe and Asia).
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Various and enchanting natural landscapes can be found inside the highlands: the boundless tundra, The wild and mysterious taiga (boreal forest); pristine rivers rise on the slopes of the Urals, the picturesque lakes are nestled in.
Mount Narodnaya, having elevation of 1,895 m (6,217 ft) is highest mountain in Ural mountain region.
Urals hosted continental type of climate.
The foothills Mountains are honeycombed with a variety of unique caves.
Northern people live here far from civilization retaining their traditional culture.
Tyurks, Bashkirs, Volga Tatars are various settled tribes in this region.
The range forms a part of the traditional boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia they catch Island.
The islands of Novaya Zemlya form an extra continuation of the chain to the north into the Arctic Ocean.
Ural mountain range first appearing in the 16th 17th century when the Russian conquest of Siberia was in its heroic phase was initially applied to its southern parts and gained currency because the name of the whole range during the 18th century it'd are a borrowing from either Turkic Stone belt Bashkir where the same name is used for the range or Oh Boog Ric from the 13th century in Bosch Corps to stand.
There has been a legend a few hero named Ural he sacrificed his life for the sake of his people and that they poured a stone pile over his grave which later became the Ural Mountains.
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The first railway in ural mountains was built in 1878 from Perm to Yekaterinburg.
The first geographic survey of the Ural Mountains was done by the Russian historian and geographer Vasily Tatishchev under the command of Peter I.
the Urals are divided into the Polar, Nether-Polar, Northern, Central and Southern parts from north to south.
Minerals Found in ural mountain region are chalcopyrite, nickel oxide, gold, platinum, chromite and magnetite ores, coal, bauxite, talc, fireclay and abrasives,emerald, amethyst, aquamarine, jasper, rhodonite, malachite and diamond.
Various rivers originate in the Ural Mountains from the western slopes and drains into the Caspian Sea.
The Ural mountains homes a number of lakes like the Uvildy, Itkul, Turgoyak, and Tavatuy lakes.
The deepest Lakes in ural mountain region is Bolshoye Shchuchye.
There are nine natural reserves in the Urals: the Ilmen, the oldest one, Pechora-Ilych, Bashkir, Visim , Southern Ural, Basegi, Vishera and Denezhkin Kamen.
The Ural mountain forests are habitat to various animals like elk, brown bear, fox, wolf, wolverine, lynx, squirrel, sable, badger and black polecat .
Among Reptiles and amphibians there are various viper, lizards and grass snakes.
Among Bird species are capercaillie, black grouse, hazel grouse, spotted nutcracker, and cuckoos.
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