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The Ural rises near Mount Kruglaya in the Ural Mountains, flows south parallel and west of the north-flowing Tobol, through Magnitogorsk, and around the southern end of the Urals, through Orsk where it turns west for about 300 kilometres (190 mi), to Orenburg, where the river Sakmara joins.
The Nether-Polar Ural are higher, and up to 150 km (93 mi) wider than the Polar Urals. They include the highest peaks of the range: Mount Narodnaya (1,895 m (6,217 ft)), Mount Karpinsky (1,878 m (6,161 ft)) and Manaraga (1,662 m (5,453 ft)). They extend for more than 225 km (140 mi) south to the Shchugor. The many ridges are sawtooth shaped and ...
Rakaposhi rises over the Nagar Valley. Rakaposhi is the only mountain in the world with more than 5,000 meters height between its base camp and its summit; by contrast, all of the other tallest mountains in the world have less than 5,000 meters from base camp to the top. [citation needed]
The Harvest Moon rises over the Kremlin and Russia's Foreign Ministry headquarters building. Because it rises near sunset and reaches peak fullness earlier, the Harvest Moon not only provides more ...
Westernmost peak of Himalayas, rises 7000m above Indus River. 10 Annapurna I "Goddess of the Harvests" 8,100 26,568 2,984 33.9 Central Nepal: 1950: North of Pokhara: 14 Shishapangma "Crest above the grassy plains", Gosainthan: 8,064 26,450
The Telaga Waja River is mainly located in the District of Rendang, Karangasem Regency, the eastern part of Bali, the second in length after the Ayung River. [4] The water comes from several springs in the mountains near Mount Agung, the highest mountain in Bali, and is considered holy by Hindu native people, such as Lipang, Arca, and Telaga Waja springs.
Api is the highest peak in the Yoka Pahar Section of Gurans Himal, part of the Himalayas in the extreme northwest corner of Nepal, near the border with Tibet. [3] [failed verification] It is a little-known peak in a rarely visited part of the Himalayas, but it rises dramatically over the low surrounding terrain. [citation needed]
It rises near the juncture of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and the Khokh Range, to the southwest of Mount Kazbek, winding north in a white torrent between the town of Stepantsminda and the village of Gergeti toward the Russian region North Ossetia and the city of Vladikavkaz.