Ural Mountains
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Summary
Ural Mountains is a mountain range[1]. It ranks in the top 0.32% of mountain range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,117 views/month, #9 of 2,807).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Russia[3], Russian Empire[4], Soviet Union[5]
- Follows: Ural Ocean[6]
- Commons category: Ural Mountains[7]
- Highest point: Mount Narodnaya[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ural Mountains[9]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[14], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[15]
- Topic has template: Template:Ural Mountains[16]
- Different from: Ural[17]
- Length: 2500 km[18]
- Elevation above sea level: 1895 m[19]
- Width: 150 km[20]
- Time period: Paleozoic[21], Carboniferous[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Ural Mountains include Ural bomber[24], an aircraft model[25]; Cisuralian[26], a series[27]; Ural[28], a nuclear-powered icebreaker[29]; uralolite[30], a mineral species[31]; Wubanoides uralensis[32], a taxon[33]; and uralborite[34], a mineral species[35].
Why It Matters
Ural Mountains has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 89 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]
Entities named for it include Ural bomber[24], an aircraft model[25]; Cisuralian[26], a series[27]; Ural[28], a nuclear-powered icebreaker[29]; uralolite[30], a mineral species[31]; Wubanoides uralensis[32], a taxon[33]; and uralborite[34], a mineral species[35].