The Ural Mountains Trivia Questions

The Ural Mountains are an ancient, eroded mountain range with no current volcanic activity. Active volcanoes in Russia are mostly in Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands.

The Ural Mountains, along with the Caucasus and Ural River, have long been recognized as the natural geographic divide between the continents of Europe and Asia.

The longest mountain range on Earth is the Andes in South America, stretching about 7,000 km (4,300 mi), far longer than the Ural Mountains.

The Arctic Circle (66°33'N) crosses the Ural Mountains near their northern end, with part of the range lying within the Arctic region.

Due to their long, narrow shape and rich mineral deposits, the Ural Mountains are historically known as the 'Stone Belt' (Kamenniy Poyas) in Russian.

The Ural Mountains were formed during the Uralian orogeny from collision of Laurussia and Siberian cratons, not the Indian-Eurasian collision that created the Himalayas.

The Volga River begins in the Valdai Hills northwest of Moscow, not in the Ural Mountains. The Ural River, however, does flow from the southern Urals.

Mount Narodnaya, at 1,895 meters (6,217 ft), is the highest summit of the Ural Mountains, located in the Northern Urals region of Russia.