The mountains lie within the Ural geographical region and significantly overlap with the Ural Federal District and with the Ural economic region. They have rich resources, including metal ores, coal, precious and semi-precious stones. Since the 18th century the mountains have contributed significantly to the mineral sector of the Russian economy.
Scores of cities and towns were completely or partially flooded last week in the southern Orenburg region as the UralRiver swelled ... led to severe flooding in Russia’s Urals and western Siberia.
Tightly clutching her ginger cat, Oksana Altynchurina sat in an inflatable dinghy, after rescuing only her pet and a few documents from her flooded flat ... .
(MENAFN - Jordan Times) MOSCOW - The Russian city of Orenburg, near the Kazakh border, braced on Monday for flooding not seen in decades, as officials evacuated locals to escape rising rivers in ... .
Russian emergency services yesterday said they had evacuated thousands of people from the Orenburg region in the south of the Urals as flood water continued to rise ... The UralRiver flows through the ...
The level of the Ural river in the Russian city of Orenburg has reached 11.83 metres, or around 39 feet, local authorities said on Saturday, after major rivers burst their banks due to a ...
The southern Russian city of Orenburg is expected to face major flooding in the next 24 hours as water levels in the nearby UralRiver continue to rise, local authorities said Thursday, urging residents in impacted areas to evacuate.