The Polar Urals () are a mountain range in the western part of the
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the northeastern part of
Komi,
Russian Federation
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. The border between Europe and Asia runs along the main ridge of the Polar Urals.
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The
Salekhard–Igarka Railway stretch of the
Northern Railway runs along the valley of the
Sob in the mountains.
Geography
The Polar Urals are a subrange of the
Urals. They stretch roughly from SW to NE for forming the northern section of the long Ural chain.
The range runs from the area of the sources of the
Khulga river of the
Ob basin in the south, to the Konstantinov Kamen mountain rising above
Baydaratskaya Bay of the
Kara Sea at the northern end. The predominant elevations of the ridges range between and , with individual peaks rising slightly higher. The highest peak is high
Payer Mountain, located in the middle part.
The mountains display traces of massive ancient glaciation in
U-shaped valleys,
cirque
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s and
moraine
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s. Some small
glacier
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s remain, such as the Geographical Institute Glacier and the Dolgushin Glacier. The
Usa, a tributary of the
Pechora with its tributaries Elets, Kechpel, among others, the
Kara, as well as numerous left tributaries of the Ob such as the
Synya, Voykar, Sob, Longot-Yugan and
Shchuchya, have their sources in the range. There are many lakes in the mountain area, the largest and deepest of which are
Khadata-Yugan-Lor (Хадатаёганлор) and the Shchuchye (pike) lakes.
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Flora
The slopes in the southern parts of the Polar Urals up to a height between and are covered with sparse coniferous forests of
larch and
spruce
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with some
birch. On the slopes of the higher elevations and in the northern parts there is
mountain tundra with
moss
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and
lichen
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as well as vast rocky and stony desolate areas.
See also
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List of mountains and hills of Russia
References
External links
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Mountain ranges of Russia
Mountains of the Komi Republic
Landforms of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Ural Mountains
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