The Ural Mountains are a mountain system located between the West Siberian and East European plains, and represent a kind of border separating Europe from Asia. They were formed by the collision of the African and Eurasian lithospheric plates, as a result of which one of them literally crushed the other under itself. From the perspective of geologists, these mountains arose in a complex way, as they are composed of rocks of different ages and types.
With a length of more than 2000 km, the Ural Mountains form the Southern, Northern, Subpolar, Polar and Middle Urals. Because of this length, they were called the Earth Belt in the first mentions of the 11th century. Everywhere there you can see crystal clear mountain streams and rivers, which then pour into larger reservoirs. The following large rivers flow there: Kama, Ural, Belaya, Chusovaya and Pechora.
The height of the Ural Mountains does not exceed 1895 meters. So, the Polar Urals is average in level (600-800 m) and the narrowest in width of the ridge. This part is characterized by peaked and sharp forms with steep slopes and deep valleys. The Pai-Er peak has the highest rise (1500 m). The subpolar zone is slightlywidens and is considered the highest part of the ridge. The following peaks are located here: Mount Narodnaya (1894 m), which is the highest, Karpinsky (1795 m), Saber (1425 m) and many other Ural mountains, the average rise of which ranges from 1300 to 1400 meters.
They are also characterized by sharp landforms and large valleys. This part is also notable for the fact that there are several glaciers here, the largest of them stretches for almost 1 km in length.
In the northern part, the Ural Mountains, whose height does not exceed 600 meters, are characterized by smoothed and rounded shapes. Some of them, made of crystalline rocks, take on funny shapes under the influence of rain and wind. Closer to the south, they become even lower, and in the middle part they take the form of a gentle arc, where the Kachkanar peak occupies the most significant mark (886 m). The relief here is smoothed and more flat. In the southern zone, the Ural Mountains noticeably rise, forming many parallel ridges. Of the highest points, one can note (1638 m) Yamantau and (1586 m) Iremel, the rest are a little lower (Big Sholom, Nurgush, etc.).
In the Urals, in addition to beautiful mountains and caves, there is a very picturesque, diverse nature, as well as many other attractions. And that is why it is so attractive to many tourists. Here you can choose routes for people of different levels of training - both for beginners and for lovers of extreme travel. In addition to all other advantages, the Ural Mountains area storehouse of minerals, which include the following: ores of copper, chromium, nickel, titanium; placers of gold, platinum, silver; deposits of coal, gas, oil; precious stones (emeralds, malachite, diamonds, yam, crystal, amethyst, etc.). As they say, only mountains can be better than mountains. And this is true, because their indescribable atmosphere, beauty, harmony, greatness and clean air inspire and charge with positive, energy and vivid impressions for a long time.
