Nurgush

Nurgush is a mountain range in Satkinsky District, in the western part of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.
The range is within the protected area of the Zyuratkul National Park.
The name of the mountain in the Bashkir language means "luminous bird".

Geography

Nurgush is a subrange of the Urals. It stretches roughly from SSW to NNE for in the southern section of the long Ural chain. The range stretches between the southern shore of lake Zyuratkul to the mouth of river Berezyak. The highest point is high, rising in the Bolshoy Nurgush section located in the northern part. Maly Nurgush is the southern section. The southwestern limit of the range is marked by the valley of river Yuryuzan.

Flora

The lower slopes of the Nurgush are partly covered with dark coniferous taiga; there is mixed spruce, fir and birch forest in the valleys. The higher elevations have often a barren look with kurums and mountain tundra.