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The Ural Mountains ( that runs roughly north and south through western Russia . The Urals extend 2500 km from the Kazakh Steppes along the northern border of Kazakhstan to the coast of the Arctic Ocean . The Island of Novaya Zemlya forms a further continuation of the chain. Geographically this range marks the northern part of the (arbitrary) border between Asia n and Europe an sections of the Eurasia n Continent . Its highest peak is Mount Narodnaya (Poznurr, 1895 m). Erosion has exposed considerable mineral wealth in the Urals, including gems such as Topaz and Beryl . The Virgin Komi Forests in the northern Urals are recognized as a World Heritage site. Yekaterinburg is the self-proclaimed capital of the Urals, though "Urals" is a geographical term, not an administrative one. The Urals are among the world's oldest extant mountain ranges. They were formed in the late (Europe and North America ) and Gondwana . Europe and Siberia have remained joined together ever since. Geographers have divided the Urals into five regions: South, Middle, North, Subarctic and Arctic Urals. The Urals have large deposits of Gold and Platinum . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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