The Urals is a region of Eurasia, most of which is occupied by a system of mountain ranges called the Ural Mountains. They stretched for 2,500 kilometers, as if dividing the country into European and Asian parts. By the way, it is here that the secret Europe-Asia border passes, as evidenced by the numerous steles on the roads.
Nature in the Urals is extremely diverse. There are steppes, and serious heights, and river valleys, as well as majestic forests. Animal world to match the environment. Here you can meet both deer and garden dormouse.
mammals
Reindeer
ungulate lemming
Arctic fox
Middendorf’s vole
Brown bear
Elk
Hare
Wolf
Fox
Wolverine
lynx
Sable
Marten
Beaver
Otter
Chipmunk
Squirrel
white hare
Mole
Column
Ermine
weasel
Badger
forest polecat
shrew
hedgehog
Muskrat
steppe cat
European mink
steppe pika
flying squirrel
Reddish ground squirrel
Maral
garden dormouse
big jerboa
Djungarian hamster
Muskrat
raccoon dog
Birds
Partridge
Bustard
Crane
steppe eagle
horned lark
Lun
Belladonna
Grouse
Capercaillie
black grouse
Owl
Woodpecker
Bullfinch
Tit
Cuckoo
Duck
Wild goose
Sandpiper
Oriole
Finch
Nightingale
Goldfinch
Chizh
Starling
Rook
Kite
snowy owl
Rough-footed buzzard
peregrine falcon
Bunting
Lapland plantain
ptarmigan
red-throated pipit
Sparrowhawk
hawk owl
steppe kestrel
Chasing heater
Hoopoe
Conclusion
The Ural Mountains stretch from south to north in a rather narrow strip, so the natural zones throughout the region change greatly. The southern end of the mountains borders on the steppes of Kazakhstan, where steppe rodents, jerboas, hamsters and other rodents live in large numbers. Here you can meet interesting and rare birds entered in the Red Book of the Chelyabinsk region, for example, Udoda or curly pelican.
Already in the Southern Urals, the steppe turns into a mountainous wooded area, where the bear is a classic large animal. Foxes, wolves and hares are also widespread. The Middle and Polar Urals contain even more forests and large animals marols, deer, elk. Finally, at the northernmost end of the Ural region, typical inhabitants of the polar regions appear, for example, the snowy owl, which is distinguished by its beautiful snow-white plumage.
On the territory of the Urals there are many specially protected areas designed to preserve and multiply certain species of fauna. These include the Ilmensky, Vishera, Bashkir and South Ural state nature reserves, the Kharlushevsky nature reserve and others.
