Nurgush (; ) is a mountain range in Satkinsky District, in the western part of

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The range is within the

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of the Zyuratkul National Park. The name of the mountain in the

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means "luminous bird".

Geography

Nurgush is a subrange of the

Urals The Ural Mountains ( ),; , ; , or simply the Urals, are a mountain range in Eurasia that runs north–south mostly through Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural (river), Ural and northwestern Kazakhstan.

. It stretches roughly from SSW to NNE for in the southern section of the long Ural chain. The range stretches between the southern shore of lake Zyuratkul to the mouth of river Berezyak. The highest point is high, rising in the Bolshoy Nurgush section located in the northern part. Maly Nurgush is the southern section. The southwestern limit of the range is marked by the valley of river Yuryuzan.Bolshoi Nurgush - Peak Visor
/ref>Челябинская область: Энциклопедия / гл.ред. К. Н. Бочкарёв. Ч.: Каменный пояс, 2008

Flora

The lower slopes of the Nurgush are partly covered with dark coniferous

taiga Taiga or tayga ( ; , ), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. The taiga, or boreal forest, is the world's largest land biome. In North A ...

; there is mixed

spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' ( ), a genus of about 40 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal ecosystem, boreal (taiga) regions of the Northern hemisphere. ''Picea'' ...

fir Firs are evergreen coniferous trees belonging to the genus ''Abies'' () in the family Pinaceae. There are approximately 48–65 extant species, found on mountains throughout much of North and Central America, Eurasia, and North Africa. The genu ...

and

birch A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech- oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains 3 ...

forest in the valleys. The higher elevations have often a barren look with kurums and

mountain tundra Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated harsh climate. As the latitude of a location approaches the poles, the threshold elevation for alpine tundra gets ...

.М. А. Андреева. ''Природа Челябинской области'' / Науч.ред. Ч., 2001.

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Khrebet Nurgush
Mountain ranges of Russia Ural Mountains Landforms of Chelyabinsk Oblast {{ChelyabinskOblast-geo-stub

Geography

Flora

See also

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