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Altai Mountains Altai Republic [b] Highest peak of the Altai Mountains Tebulosmta [22] Тебулосмта 4493 m 14,741 ft: 2145 m 7,037 ft: 66.1 km 41.1 mi Greater Caucasus Chechnya [a] Highest mountain of Chechenya Sugan [23] Суган 4487 m
The Ural Mountains (/ ˈjʊərəl / YOOR-əl), [a] or simply the Urals, are a mountain range in Eurasia that runs north–south mostly through the Russian Federation, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural and northwestern Kazakhstan. [1] The mountain range forms part of the conventional boundary between the continents of Europe ...
It is situated in the southern Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in the western extension of Ciscaucasia, and is the highest peak of the Caucasus Mountains. Elbrus has two summits, both of which are dormant volcanic domes. The taller, western summit is 5,642 metres (18,510 ft); [2] the eastern summit is 5,621 metres (18,442 ft).
The Caucasus Mountains[a] is a mountain range at the intersection of Asia and Europe. Stretching between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, they are surrounded by the Caucasus region and are home to Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe at 5,642 metres (18,510 ft) above sea level. The Caucasus Mountains include the Greater Caucasus in the ...
Coordinates: 49°N 89°E. Map of the Altai mountain range. The Altai Mountains (/ ɑːlˈtaɪ /), also spelled Altay Mountains, are a mountain range in Central Asia and Eastern Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan converge, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their headwaters. The massif merges with the Sayan Mountains in the ...
7,566,673 km 2 (2,921,509 sq mi) Russia (Russian: Россия) is the largest country in the world, covering over 17,125,191 km 2 (6,612,073 sq mi), and encompassing more than one-eighth of Earth's inhabited land area. Russia extends across eleven time zones, and has the most borders of any country in the world, with sixteen sovereign nations.
Khokh Range. Kisten Ridge. Kodar Mountains. Koshkulak (mountain range) Kropotkin Range. Kropotkin Range (Eastern Sayan) Kular Range. Kuray Mountains. Kuznetsk Alatau.
Ural (Russian: Урал) is a geographical region located around the Ural Mountains, between the East European and West Siberian plains. It is considered a part of the Eurasian Steppe, extending approximately from the North to the South; from the Arctic Ocean to the end of the Ural River near Orsk city. The border between Europe and Asia runs ...