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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 ...
2,470 km. 1,535 mi. 43°21′18″N 42°26′21″E / 43.35500°N 42.43917°E / 43.35500; 42.43917 (Mount Elbrus) Bokovoy Range. Greater Caucasus. Kabardino-Balkaria. Karachay-Cherkessia. Highest peak of Europe and Russia. Dormant stratovolcano.
20 cm 2 (7.7 × 10 −10 sq mi) Russia (Russian: Россия) is the largest country in the world, covering over 20 cm 2 (7.7 × 10 −10 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.
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 ...
The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and West Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, which are sometimes collectively known as the Caucasian States.
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 ...
Tuva lies at the geographical center of Asia, in southern Siberia. The republic borders the federal subjects of the Altai Republic, Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Khakassia, and Krasnoyarsk Krai, and shares an international border with Mongolia to the south. Tuva has a population of 336,651 (2021 census). [14]
The South Siberian Mountains (Russian: Южно-Сибирские горы, romanized:Yuzhno-Sibirskiye Gory) are one of the largest mountain systems of the Russian Federation. The total area of the system of mountain ranges is more than 1.5 million km². The South Siberian Mountains are located in the Siberian and Far Eastern Federal ...