The Ural Mountains is a unique mountain system in Russia. This is the only mountain range that crosses the country from north to south and is the border of two parts of the world.
The region is based on the Ural mountain system. The Ural Mountains stretch for more than 2500 km - from the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean to the deserts of Kazakhstan.
Geographers divided the Ural Mountains into five geographical zones: Polar, Subpolar, Northern, Middle and Southern Urals. The highest mountains in the Subpolar Urals. Here, in the Subpolar Urals, is the highest mountain of the Urals - Mount Narodnaya. But it is these northern regions of the Urals that are the most inaccessible and underdeveloped. On the contrary, the lowest mountains are in the Middle Urals, it is also the most developed and densely populated.
Highest peaks
Pai-Khoi - Mount Moreiz (Wesei-Pe) (423 m).
The Polar Urals - Mount Payer (1472 m above sea level).
Subpolar Urals - Mount Narodnaya (1895 m), Mount Manaraga (1662 m).
Northern Urals - Mount Telposiz (1617 m).
Middle Urals - Mount Oslyanka (1119 m).
Southern Urals - Mount Yamantau (1640 m).
Mugodzhary - Mount Boktybai (567 m).
