Ural Mountains

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city mountain mountain range

The Ural Mountains are a long mountain range in western Russia that traditionally marks the natural boundary between Europe and Asia.

Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mount Narodnaya	0
Yekaterinburg	0
Polar Urals	1
Ural Mountains (eastern slopes)	1
Ural Mountains (western slopes)	1
Ural orogen	1
Urals	1
Ура́льские го́ры	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ mountain ⓘ mountain range ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ural Mountains ⓘ surface form: Urals
climate	continental in the south ⓘ subarctic in the north ⓘ
contains	chromite ⓘ coal ⓘ copper ⓘ emeralds ⓘ gold ⓘ iron ore ⓘ malachite ⓘ mineral resources ⓘ nickel ⓘ platinum ⓘ precious stones ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
coveredBy	taiga forests ⓘ tundra in the north ⓘ
crossedBy	Pechora River ⓘ Ural River ⓘ
elevation	about 1895 m ⓘ
extendsFrom	Arctic Ocean ⓘ
extendsTo	Kazakhstan border region ⓘ Ural River ⓘ
formedBy	continental collision ⓘ
geologicalAge	Paleozoic ⓘ
geologicalProvince	Ural Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ural orogen
highestPoint	Mount Narodnaya ⓘ
language	Russian ⓘ
length	about 2500 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Sverdlovsk Oblast ⓘ eastern European Russia ⓘ northwestern Asia ⓘ western Russia ⓘ
near	Yekaterinburg ⓘ surface form: city of Yekaterinburg
orientation	north–south ⓘ
partOf	boundary between Europe and Asia ⓘ
passesThrough	Republic of Bashkortostan ⓘ surface form: Bashkortostan Chelyabinsk Oblast ⓘ Orenburg Oblast ⓘ Perm Krai ⓘ Sverdlovsk Oblast ⓘ
region	Ural region ⓘ surface form: Middle Urals Ural region ⓘ surface form: Northern Urals Ural Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Polar Urals Ural region ⓘ surface form: Southern Urals Ural region ⓘ surface form: Trans-Ural region
RussianName	Ural Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ура́льские го́ры
separates	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
usedAs	traditional boundary between Europe and Asia ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ural Mountains → RussianName → Ural Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ура́льские го́ры

Ural Mountains → alsoKnownAs → Ural Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urals

European Russia → borderDefinedBy → Ural Mountains ⓘ

Siberia → borders → Ural Mountains ⓘ

Eurasia → contains → Ural Mountains ⓘ

North Asia → contains → Ural Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ural Mountains (eastern slopes)

European Russia → containsMountainRange → Ural Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ural Mountains (western slopes)

Russian Plain → easternBoundary → Ural Mountains ⓘ

Eurasian Plate → formsFeature → Ural Mountains ⓘ

Ural region → geologicalFeature → Ural Mountains ⓘ

Ural Mountains → geologicalProvince → Ural Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ural orogen

Eurasia → hasConventionalBoundaryBetweenParts → Ural Mountains ⓘ

Russia → hasMountainRange → Ural Mountains ⓘ

Ural region → hasPart → Ural Mountains ⓘ

Ural Mountains → region → Ural Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Polar Urals

Ural River → sourceRegion → Ural Mountains ⓘ

Eastern Europe → traversedBy → Ural Mountains ⓘ