SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mountain range located in western Russia; forms the boundary between Europe and Asia
A
Alps Mountains
B
Pyrenees Mountains
C
Ural Mountains
D
Rocky Mountains
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Urals rise like a long and narrow spine across western Russia, forming a natural divide between Europe and Asia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ural Mountains, also called the Urals, Russian Uralskie Gory or Ural, mountain range forming a rugged spine in west-central Russia and the major part of the traditional physiographic boundary between Europe and Asia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Ural mountain ranges separate the continents of Europe and Asia. They run in a north-south direction through Western Russia, with a length of 2500 metres. It is one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is a widely accepted axiom that the Ural Mountains divide Europe and Asia. In the middle of the 18th century by the initiative of Vasily Tatishchev the center part of the Ural Mountains officially became the border of Europe and Asia.

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