Which mountain range forms the traditional geographic and geological dividing line between Europe and Asia in western Russia?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Ural Mountains
- Step 1: The Urals extend approximately 2,500 kilometers north-to-south from the Kara Sea tundra to the Ural River near Kazakhstan.
- Step 2: Formed during the Uralian orogeny in the late Carboniferous, they are rich in minerals and delineate European Russia from Siberia.
Answer
Ural Mountains
Why not the others: 'Caucasus Mountains' lie in the south between the Black and Caspian Seas; 'Carpathian Mountains' are in Central and Eastern Europe; 'Altai Mountains' lie further east where Russia, Mongolia, China, and Kazakhstan converge.
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