Ural Mountains

Riphean redirects here. For the time period, see Riphean stage

The Ural Mountains
Range

Countries	Russia, Kazakhstan
Regions	Bashkortostan, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Perm Krai, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Kurgan Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, West Kazakhstan

Highest point	Mount Narodnaya
- elevation	1,895 m (6,217 ft)

Period	Carboniferous

The Ural Mountains (Russian: Ура́льские го́ры, 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 usually considered as the natural boundary between Europe and Asia.

Failed to parse (syntax error): ==Geography== The Urals extend 2,500 km from the Kazakh [[steppes]] along the northern border of [[Kazakhstan]] to the coast of the [[Arctic ocean]]. [[Vaygach Island]] and the [[island]] of [[Novaya Zemlya]] form a further continuation of the chain. Geographically this range marks the northern part of the border between [[Asia]]n and [[Europe]]an sections of the [[Eurasia]]n [[continent]]. Its highest peak is [[Mount Narodnaya]] (Poznurr, 1,895 m). Erosion has exposed considerable mineral wealth in the Urals, including gems such as [[topaz]] and [[beryl]].The [[Virgin Ko[[[[Link title]]]]mi Forests]] in the northern Urals are recognized as a [[World Heritage]] site. 68% of the Ural Mountains are located in [[Russia]], whilst the remaining 32% are located in Kazakhstan.<ref>[http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=37 Ural Mountains - Peakbagger.com]</ref><ref>[http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761567006/ural_mountains.html Ural Mountains - MSN Encarta]</ref> __NOTOC__ Geographers have divided the Urals into five regions: South, Middle, North, Subarctic and Arctic Urals. The [[tree line]] drops from 1,400 metres to sea level as progressing north. Sections of the south and middle regions are completely forested with lots of pretty trees. Yayyy Trees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ==Etymology== [[Image:Prokudin-Gorskii-32.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Village of Kolchedan in the Ural Mountains in 1912]] The Urals were named after the Uralian tribe that was once native to the northern region of Asia. The Uralians were hunter-gatherers; however the lack of plentiful resources in the area forced them to relocate, spreading throughout the Asian region. According to another explanation, the word Ural is of Turkic origin and means a stone belt. <ref>[http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521829281&ss=exc The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages - Cambridge University Press]</ref> ==Geology== {{Main|Uralian orogeny}} The Urals are among the world's oldest extant [[mountain ranges]]. For its age of 250 to 300 million years, the elevation of the mountains is unusually high. They were formed during the late [[Carboniferous]] period, when western [[Siberia (continent)|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]], which subsequently broke itself apart into the seven continents known today. Europe and [[Siberia]] have remained joined together ever since. [[Image:Ural Mountains Map 2.gif|right|thumb|285px|Map of the Ural Mountains]] The Urals were first studied in a systematic way by Russian mineralogist Ernst Karlovich Hofmann (1801-1871) of [[St. Petersburg]] University. During his tireless research, which began in 1828, Hofmann travelled thousands of miles in the Urals and gathered a vast collection of minerals, like [[gold]], [[platinum]], [[magnetite]], [[ilmenite]], [[perovskite]], [[rutile]], [[chromite]], [[chrysoberyl]], [[quartz]], [[zircon]], [[uvarovite]], [[phenakite]], [[topaz]] and [[beryl]], among others. The Urals have large deposits of gold, platinum, [[coal]], [[iron]], [[nickel]], [[silver]], oil,and other [[mineral]]s. ==References== {{reflist}} *[http://209.85.175.104/search?q=cache:ENM9KulNEJgJ:www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/43735+hofmann+urals+mineralogist+E.+K.+Hoffman&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3 E. K. Hofmann] ==See also== *[[Pangaea]] *[[Ural (region)]] *[[Idel-Ural State]] ==External links== {{commonscat|Ural Mountains}} *{{wikitravelpar|Urals}} *[http://welcome-ural.ru/urals/77/ Five parts of the Ural Mountains] <gallery> Image:Maksimovsky rock Chusovaya river.jpg|[[Chusovaya River]] in the Ural Mountains. Image:Polar Urals.jpg.jpg|Polar Urals, [[Vorkuta]], [[Komi]] Image:Gorskii_04428u.jpg|A [[mining|mine]] in the Ural Mountains, 1910 </gallery> {{coord|60|00|N|60|00|E|region:RU_type:mountain|display=title}} {{Geography topics}} {{Physical geography topics}} [[Category:Mountain ranges of Russia]] [[Category:Novaya Zemlya]] [[Category:Physiographic divisions]] [[als:Ural]] [[ar:جبال الأورال]] [[bn:উরাল পর্বতমালা]] [[ba:Урал тауҙары]] [[be:Урал]] [[bs:Ural (planina)]] [[bg:Урал (планина)]] [[ca:Urals]] [[cv:Урал тăвĕсем]] [[cs:Ural]] [[da:Uralbjergene]] [[de:Ural]] [[et:Uural]] [[el:Ουράλια Όρη]] [[es:Montes Urales]] [[eo:Uralo (montaro)]] [[ext:Montis Uralis]] [[eu:Ural mendiak]] [[fr:Oural]] [[gl:Montes Urais]] [[ko:우랄 산맥]] [[hi:यूराल]] [[hr:Ural (gorje)]] [[id:Pegunungan Ural]] [[is:Úralfjöll]] [[it:Urali]] [[he:הרי אורל]] [[ka:ურალის მთები]] [[la:Urales]] [[lv:Urāli]] [[lt:Uralo kalnai]] [[hu:Urál (hegység)]] [[mr:उरल पर्वत]] [[ms:Pergunungan Ural]] [[nl:Oeral (gebergte)]] [[ja:ウラル山脈]] [[no:Uralfjellene]] [[nn:Uralfjella]] [[oc:Orals]] [[pl:Ural (góry)]] [[pt:Montes Urais]] [[ro:Munţii Ural]] [[ru:Уральские горы]] [[scn:Urali]] [[simple:Ural Mountains]] [[sk:Ural (pohorie)]] [[sr:Урал (планина)]] [[fi:Ural (vuoristo)]] [[sv:Uralbergen]] [[ta:உரால் மலைகள்]] [[vi:Núi Ural]] [[tg:Кӯҳҳои Урал]] [[tr:Ural Dağları]] [[uk:Урал]] [[ur:کوہ یورال]] [[zh:乌拉尔山脉]]