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South Ural Russia
The South Ural territoryis about 143,6 thousand square km. It
stretches 550 km from north to south and 450 km from west to
east. This territory is located at moderate latitudes between
51°31' è 56°25' n. lat. and 53° 10' è 60°00' e. long., where all
season are presented clearly. There are all landscapes, such as
mountains, plains, forests, steeps and tundra. There are steep
slopes, waterfalls, springs, and fast rivers disappearing in the
grass, coniferous and hardwood, caves with pictures of ancient
people, eternal frost, calcium baths. Some of these ancient
caves may be many kilometers in length. The South Ural attracts
by its amazingly beautiful nature, numerous rivers, healing
springs, birch-woods, floodplain lakes and storage ponds. The
South Ural is rich with oil, gas, iron ore, manganese ore,
chromites and sulfur ore, bauxite, coal and brown coal, shale
oil, peat, gold, phosphorous, salt, ochre, mica. Various
building materials also can be found here: sandstones,
limestone, till, sands, pebble, loam, anhydride, granite and
other treasures of the soil. It's well known that the real
treasures of the South Ural are mineral resources and healing
mud. The climate is continental, moderate warm. The average year
temperature is 0,1° - 2,8°, the average temperature of the
coldest month is 14,0°, — 16,9°, and +16,1°, +19,7° of the
warmest month. The main rivers of the Ural are the Sakmara, the
Kizil, the Jangelka and many others. Rivers flow slowly along
the vast floodplains, curving and rolling. They go downhill in
the mountainous region, that's why there are many waterfalls and
rapids. Moreover, these rivers are of great navigation
importance.
The South Ural's soil is typical for the south, mainly, it is
leached black earth. There are 20 kinds of trees: fir,
pine-tree, oak, lime-tree, birch, asp, poplar, maple, elm, alder
and others. Bogs and marshes occupy about 70 thousand hectares.
Flora consists of 120 kinds of herbs registered by the
scientists and 200 kinds of herbs, used in folk medicine. There
are 380 kinds of honeyed and 25 kinds of fruit and berry plants.
Fauna is presented by bear, wolf, lynx, fox, badger, marten,
ermine, polecat, mink, raccoon, squirrel, otter, beaver, hare,
elk, roe, partridge, black grouse, hazel grouse, wood grouse,
wild duck, grey goose, wood cock, swan, crane, bustard, quail.
There are about 80 kinds of animals, 37 sorts of fishes and 200
kinds of birds.
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