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Mountain ranges of Russia
- Caucasus MountainsThe Caucasus Mountains formed largely as the result of a tectonic plate collision between the Arabian plate moving northwards with respect to the Eurasian…
- Ural MountainsThe Ural Mountains stretch about 2,500 kilometers from the Kara Sea to the Kazakh Steppe. This single range forms a natural boundary between Europe and Asia…
- Sayan MountainsThe Sayan Mountains stretch across southern Siberia, spanning from the Shapshal Range of the Eastern Altai in the west to the Abakan Range of the Kuznetsk…
- Altai MountainsThe Altai Mountains rise where Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan meet. This single range spans from 45° to 52° north latitude and stretches across 84°…