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It is the highest point in European Russia outside the Caucasus. This leads to its large topographic prominence of 1,772 metres (5,814 ft). Narodnaya is located in the Ural mountains water divide , and therefore on the border between Europe and Asia : the Naroda river flows south-east from the summit into the Ob river in Siberia , and the Kos ...
It is located 16.5 km west of Mount Narodnaya, the highest peak in the Ural mountains. [4] The slopes of the peak are gentle and grassy, but the summit is jagged and rocky. Manaraga translated from Nenets means "Bear Paw". [3]
The sediments to the west of the Ural Mountains are formed of limestone, dolomite and sandstone left from ancient shallow seas. The eastern side is dominated by basalts. [6] Wooded Ural Mountains in winter. The western slope of the Ural Mountains has predominantly karst topography, especially in the Sylva basin, which is a tributary of the ...
Mount Yamantau, or Yamantaw (Bashkir: Ямантау, romanized: Yamantaw, Russian: гора Ямантау) is a mountain in the Ural Mountains, located in Beloretsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. Standing at 1,640 metres (5,380 ft), it is the highest mountain in the Southern Ural section, and lies is within the South Ural Nature Reserve.
South Ural Nature Reserve (Russian: Южно-Уральский заповедник) (also Yuzhno-Uralsky) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict nature reserve) protecting mountain taiga ecosystems in the highest part of the Southern Ural Mountains. Several mountain ridges run through the territory: Mashak, Zigalga, Nara Kumardak and Yamantau.
Moldoveanu Peak (Romanian: Vârful Moldoveanu, pronounced [ˈvɨrful moldoˈve̯anu]; "Moldavian Peak"), at 2,545 metres (8,350 ft), is the highest mountain peak in Romania. [2] It is located in Argeș County , in the Făgăraș Mountains of the Southern Carpathians .
This is an incomplete list of notable mountains on Earth, sorted by elevation in metres above sea level. For a complete list of mountains over 7200 m high, with at least 500 m of prominence , see List of highest mountains .
The highest mountains above sea level are generally not the highest mountains above the surrounding terrain, also called the highest free-standing mountains. There is no precise definition of surrounding base, but Denali, [2] Mount Kilimanjaro [3] and Nanga Parbat [4] are possible candidates for the tallest mountain on land by this measure.