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(Encyclopedia)Urals or Ural Mountains, E European Russia and NW Kazakhstan, forming, together with the Ural River, the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia and separating the Russian plain from the W Siberi...Yekaterinburg
(Encyclopedia)Yekaterinburg or Ekaterinburg svyĭrdlôfskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 1,365,000), capital of the Sverdlovsk region and the administrative center of the Ural federal district, E European Russia, in the ...Telpos-Iz
(Encyclopedia)Telpos-Iz tyĭlpôsˈ-ēs [key], peak 5,304 ft (1,617 m) high, NE European Russia, in the N Urals. It was thought to be the highest in the Urals until the discovery of Naroda peak. ...Beloretsk
(Encyclopedia)Beloretsk byĕlərĕtskˈ [key], city, in Bashkortostan, W Siberian Russia, in the Urals and on the ...Naroda
(Encyclopedia)Naroda närôdˈnəyə gōˈrə [key] [Rus.,=people's mountain], peak, c.6,180 ft (1,880 m) high, NE European Russia, in the N Urals. It is the highest peak of the Urals. ...Udmurt Republic
(Encyclopedia)Udmurt Republic o͝odˈmo͝ort, Rus. o͝odmo͞ortˈ [key] or Udmurtia, constituent republic (1990 pop. 1,620,000), 16,255 sq mi (42,100 sq km), European Russia, in the forested foothills of the Urals,...Vysokaya
(Encyclopedia)Vysokaya vĭsôˈkäyä [key], mountain, c.1,235 ft (380 m) high, E European Russia, in the central Urals, NW of Nizhni Tagil. It has rich magnetite deposits, which have been mined since 1721. ...Kara
(Encyclopedia)Kara kärˈə [key], river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, NE European and NW Siberian Russia. It flows N from the N Urals into the Kara Sea, forming part of the traditional border between European and Asian...Berezniki
(Encyclopedia)Berezniki bĭryĕznyĭkēˈ [key], city, E European Russia, a port on the Kama River. Situated in an ...Samara, river, Russia
(Encyclopedia)Samara səmäˈrə [key], river, c.360 mi (580 km) long, rising in the foothills of the S Urals, European Russia. It flows generally northwest, and joins the Volga River at Samara. ...Browse by Subject
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