Stretching from the west bank of the Volga to the western Ural Mountains, the province contains sizeable quantities of oil and natural gas.
In addition, the region's mineral makeup has allowed for a series of seven large aquifers to form - the largest concertation of water is found in the eastern part of the province where the underwater channels meet the western slopes of the Ural Mountains.
Many of the upper layers of the region are composed of marine-based materials formed by the extinction of the ancient Ural Ocean and Permian Sea.
Notably, the varied remnants of seas from the Jurassic and Triassic periods - found in other parts of Russia - are not widely present in the region.
[1] The geological history and mineral makeup of the province made it conducive to the formation of oil and natural gas, and the region currently contains large quantities of these fossil fuels.