NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Urals rise like a long and narrow spine across western Russia, forming a natural divide between Europe and Asia. The mountain range spans 2, 500 kilometers (1, 550 miles) passing through Arctic tundra to the north and through forested and semi-desert landscapes to the south.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Urals are the result of the convergence of two ancient plates into one single plate (the Eurasian plate). An ancient ocean once between those two plates closed, and, in fact, we can find pieces of crust from the bottom of that ancient ocean caught up into the Ural mountains.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The Ural Mountains are considered a natural boundary because they separate the continents of Europe and Asia. Europe lies to the west, and Asia to the east. They also divide European Russia from the Russian territory of Siberia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Europe is divided from Asia by a series of watersheds, including the Ural River and the Caspian and Black Seas. Europe is the second-smallest continent. Only Oceania has less landmass. Europe extends from the island nation of Iceland in the west to the Ural Mountains of Russia in the east.

Detailed explanation-5: -For most geographers today, the dividing line between Europe and Asia runs down the eastern edge of the Ural Mountains (in Russia), then along the Emba River (in Kazakhstan) to the shore of the Caspian Sea.