Southern Ural
Southern Ural encompasses the south, the widest part of the Ural Mountains, stretches from the river Ufa to the Ural River. From the west and east the Southern Ural is limited to the East European Plain, West Siberian Plain and the steppes near Aral Sea and Caspian Sea.
Geography
The relief of the Southern Urals is complex, with numerous valleys and parallel ridges directed south-west and meridionally. The range includes the Ilmensky Mountains separated from the main ridges by the Miass River. The maximum height is and the width reaches. Other notable peaks lie along the Iremel mountain ridge, the Nurgush, highest point, and the Nakas, highest point. The Southern Urals extend some up to the sharp westward bend of the Ural River and terminate in the wide Mugodzhar Hills. The foothills of the Southern Urals extend up to with an average width between and.The Southern Urals include lakes such as Zyuratkul.