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Ural River
The Ural rises in the southern Ural Mountains, turns west and then south, and reaches the Caspian through Kazakhstan. Its course forms part of one widely used Europe–Asia convention.
Fast Facts
- Source: southern Ural Mountains in Russia; course through Magnitogorsk, Orsk, Orenburg and Oral; mouth near Atyrau on the northern Caspian.
- Facing downstream, the Sakmara is a right-bank tributary; the Ilek joins from the left.
- The river flows in both Russia and Kazakhstan. Land west of its lower course is assigned to Europe under the Ural River convention.
Connected lessons
- Ural RiverMap, explanation and practice
- Europe: four drainage destinationsGuided exploration
- Across the Europe–Asia conventionGuided exploration
- Plains across the conventional divideGuided exploration
Geographical connections
- Volga RiverRelated places
- Ural MountainsRelated places
- Caspian SeaRelated places
- Caspian SeaDrains into
- West Siberian PlainRelated places