User:Colchicum/incubator/Ural Mountains
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The Ural Mountains or Urals (Russian: Уральские горы) are a mountain range, stretching meridionally across Russia from the Arctic Ocean to the Ural River valley on the border with Kazakhstan for more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi). Situated between the East European and West Siberian plains, the Urals are usually considered a boundary between Europe and Asia. The mountain chain is shared by Russia's Komi Republic, Perm Krai, Bashkortostan, Orenburg Oblast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, as well as Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs. It is fairly narrow and not particularly high, with its highest peak, Mount Narodnaya, rising to 1,894 metres (6,214 ft) a.s.l. The Pay Khoy ridge and the Mugodzhar Hills are adjacent to the Urals in the north and in the south, respectively.