Southern Ural

Southern Ural (Russian: Южный Урал, Bashkir: Көньяҡ Урал) encompasses the south, the widest part of the Ural Mountains, stretches from the river Ufa (near the village of Lower Ufaley) 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.

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 1,640 m (5,380 ft) (Mount Yamantau) and the width reaches 250 km (160 mi).