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Ural Mountains
The Ural Mountains.
The Ural Mountains are located in west-central Russia, where they form a rugged spine that serves as the primary physiographic boundary between Europe and Asia.1
The range extends approximately 1,550 miles (2,500 km) from the Ural River in the south to the Pay-Khoy Ridge in the north. As part of the broader Uralian orogenic belt, the system stretches even further—from the Aral Sea to the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya—with southern extensions reaching into northwestern Kazakhstan via the Mughalzhar Hills.1