Five reasons to visit the Ural Mountains

From Kazakhstan to the Arctic Ocean. The Ural Mountains cross Russia from north to south and stretch for 2.5 thousand kilometers. The Urals rank fifth among the longest mountains in the world.

The Ural Mountains "divide" the mainland into two parts of the world: Europe and Asia. It is along the watershed of the Ural Mountains that the border between them is drawn. And the Urals delimitates Russia into European and Asian parts.

The largest spring in Russia, Krasny Klyuch, is located in the Ural Mountains. The average annual water discharge of the spring is about 15 m3 / s. It is located on the territory of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Krasny Klyuch is the second largest spring in Europe, yielding a spring palm only to the “French” one - Fontaine de Vaucluse spring.

The largest gold nugget in Russia, the “Big Triangle”, was found in the Ural Mountains. Its weight was 36 kilograms 21 grams. The Ural nugget is stored in Moscow, in the Diamond Fund of the Kremlin.

Unique and completely virgin forests of Komi, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Due to the fact that mountain forests are remote and difficult to access, people and Druzhba chainsaw did not reach them. These are currently the largest forests in Europe.