Southern Ural - the south, the widest part of the

Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...

, stretches from the river Ufa (near the village of Lower Ufaley) to the

Ural River The Ural (russian: Урал, ), known before 1775 as Yaik (russian: Яик, ba, Яйыҡ, translit=Yayıq, ; kk, Жайық, translit=Jaiyq, ), is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan in the continental border between Europe and Asia ...

. From the west and east the Southern Ural is limited to the

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West Siberian Plain The West Siberian Plain (russian: За́падно-Сиби́рская равни́на ''Zapadno-Sibirskaya ravnina'') is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River ...

and the steppes near Aral Sea and

Caspian sea The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia; east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia ...

Geography

The relief of the Southern Urals is complex, with numerous valleys and parallel ridges directed south-west and meridionally. The range includes the

Ilmensky Mountains The Ilmensky Mountains (russian: links=no, Ильменские горы, translit=Il'menskiye gory) are located in the Southern Urals in the Chelyabinsk Oblast on the administrative territory of Miass in Chebarkulsky and Argayashsky districts. ...

separated from the main ridges by the

Miass River The Miass ( ba, Мейәс) is a river on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains in Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast and Kurgan Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Iset, part of the Irtysh basin.Mount Yamantau Yamantau ( ba, Ямантау, russian: гора Ямантау) is a mountain in the Ural Mountains, located in Beloretsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. Standing at 1,640 metres (5,381 ft) it is the highest mountain in the Southern Ura ...

) and the width reaches . Other notable peaks lie along the

Iremel Iremel ( ba, Ирәмәл, russian: Иремель) is a compact mountain ridge in the Southern Ural Mountains in the republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation (bordering with Chelyabinsk Oblast to the north-west). The highest peak, Bolshoy I ...

mountain ridge (Bolshoy Iremel and Maly Iremel), the

Nurgush Nurgush (russian: Нургуш; ba, Нөргөш) is a mountain range in Satkinsky District, western part of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian Federation.Google Earth The range is within the protected area of the Zyuratkul National Park. The name ...

, highest point , and the Nakas, highest point . The Southern Urals extend some up to the sharp westward bend of the Ural River and terminate in the wide

Mugodzhar Hills Mugodzhar Hills ( kk, Мұғалжар тауы, ''Mūğaljar tauy''; russian: Мугоджары, Мугоджарский хребет) or Mugodzhar Range Zyuratkul Zyuratkul (; ba, Йөрәккүл) is a freshwater lake in Satkinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. The name "Zyuratkul" comes from the Bashkir ''"yöräk/kul"'' (йөрәк/күл), meaning "heart/lake". In 1993 the Zyuratkul Natio ...

.Nash-Ural - Озеро Зюраткуль
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