Guberlinsky mountains —
mountain range in the east
Orenburg Oblast, in
basin river
Guberl (right
tributary Ural
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*Ural (region), in Russia and Kazakhstan
*Ural Mountains, in Russia and Kazakhstan
*Ural (river), in Russia and Kazakhstan
*Ual (tool), a mortar tool used by the Bodo people of India
*Ural Federal District, in Russia
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). Southern part of
Ural Mountains.
The Guberlin Mountains extend from north to south
for .
Their area is about .
The mountains are heavily indented by the
valley Guberli, as well as by the ravines,
ravine s and
ravines of its tributaries. The depth of some gorges reaches .
["Guberlinskie mountains"]
Our Ural website. The prevailing heights are .
[ Губерлинские горы // Большая советская энциклопедия : � 30 т./ гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. — 3-е изд. — М. : Советская энциклопедия, 1969—1978.] The highest peak is
mountain Cross
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.
In the southern part, the Guberlin Mountains turn into
Mugodzhar Hills
Mugodzhar Hills ( kk, Мұғалжар тауы, ''Mūğaljar tauy''; russian: Мугоджары, Мугоджарский хребет) or Mugodzhar Rangetufa
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, siliceous and clayey
slate.
grows on the slopes, there are
mosses and
lichen and.
Within the mountains there are deposits of
manganese,
copper,
iron and
nickel ores (Akkerman nickel mine),
chromium
Chromium is a chemical element with the symbol Cr and atomic number 24. It is the first element in group 6. It is a steely-grey, lustrous, hard, and brittle transition metal.
Chromium metal is valued for its high corrosion resistance and hardne ...
a,
limestone and others
minerals
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