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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 ...
The Ural Mountains (/ ... The Central Ural are the lowest part of the Ural, with smooth mountain tops, the highest mountain being 994 m (3,261 ft) (Basegi); ...
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.
Highest peak of the Altai Mountains Tebulosmta [22] Тебулосмта 4493 m 14,741 ft: 2145 m 7,037 ft: 66.1 km 41.1 mi Greater Caucasus Chechnya [a] Highest mountain of Chechenya Sugan [23] Суган 4487 m 14,721 ft: 1161 m 3,809 ft: 18.61 km
Subpolar Urals: Yamantau: Ямантау 1,640 metres (5,380 ft) Bashkortostan: Southern Urals: Unnamed — 1,603 metres (5,259 ft) Stavropol Krai: Kabardian Range (south of Kislovodsk) [6] [7] Konzhakovskiy Kamen: Конжаковский Камень 1,569 metres (5,148 ft) Sverdlovsk Oblast: Konzhakov-Serebryan Massif, Northern Urals: Mount ...
The Northern Ural consists of a series of parallel ridges with the height up to 1,000–1,300 m and longitudinal depressions, which are elongated from north to south. The Central Ural is the lowest part of Urals, with the highest mountain of 994 m (Basegi) and a smooth relief.
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.
The predominant elevations of the ridges range between 800 metres (2,600 ft) and 1,200 metres (3,900 ft), with individual peaks rising slightly higher. The highest peak is 1,472 metres (4,829 ft) high Payer Mountain, located in the middle part. [2] The mountains display traces of massive ancient glaciation in U-shaped valleys, cirques and moraines.