Ural Mountains

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These first two sections are typically Alpine and are Strewn with
Glaciers and are heavily marked with permafrost. Farther south come the Northern
Urals, which stretch for more than 340 miles to the Usa River in the south; most
mountains top 3300 feet, and the highest peak, Mount Telpos-Iz, rises 5305 ft.
Many of the summits are flattened, the remnants of the ancient Peneplains
uplifted by geographically tectonic movements. In the north, intensive
weathering has resulted in vast "seas of stone" on mountain slopes and summits.
The lower Central Urals extend more than 200 miles to the Ufa river, rarely
exceeding 1600 ft., althought the highest peak Mount SrednyBascy, rises to 3261
ft. The summits are smooth, with isolated residual outcrops. The last portion,
the Southern Urals, extends some 340 miles to the westward bend of the Ural
River and consists of several parallel ridges rising to 3900 ft. and culminating
in Mount Yamantau, 580 ft.; the section terminates in the wide uplands of ...

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