The Ural (Russian: Уральский федеральный округ, Uralsky federalny okrug) is one of seven other federal districts of Russia. The federal districts border on him Northwest Russia, Volga and Siberia.
Regions
In this article, Bashkortostan and Orenburg Oblast are included in the Urals region, administratively they belong to the Volga Federal District.
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background
The mountain ranges of the Ural lie between the Eastern European Plain and the West Siberian Lowlands. They run for more than 2,200 km in north-south direction and, together with the Ural River, form the border between Europe and Asia.
| mountain range | Highest elevations |
|---|---|
| Polarural (Polyarny Ural) | Parjer 1499 m |
| Subpolarural (Pripolyarny Urals) | Narodnaja 1895 m, Karpinski 1878 m, Mansi-Njor 1778 m |
| Northern Urals (Severny Urals) | Telposis 1617, Konschakowski Kamen 1569 m |
| Middle Urals (Sredni Ural) | Osijanka 1119 m |
| Southern Urals (Juzhny Ural) | Jamantau 1640 m, Iremel 1582 m |
The summit heights of the Urals are below 2,000 m. However, the mountain range extends over several climate zones.
The Ural river rises in the southern Urals, flows through Magnitogorsk, Orsk and Orenburg to Kazakhstan and flows into the Caspian Sea at Ätyrau.
