Guberlin Mountains Explained

Guberlin Mountains
Parent Peak:Transverse (mountain)
Map:Russia Orenburg Oblast#Kazakhstan#European Russia
Location:Orenburg Oblast

Guberlinsky mountains (Russian: Губерлинские горы) is a mountain range in the east Orenburg Oblast, in the basin of river (right tributary of Ural). Southern part of Ural Mountains.

The Guberlinsky Mountains extend from north to south for . Their area is about .[1] The mountains are heavily indented by the valley of Guberlya and by the ravines and gullies of its tributaries. The depth of some gorges reaches 80–.[2] The prevailing heights are 300–.[3] The highest peak is mountain Poperechnaya. In the southern part, the Guberlin Mountains turn into Mugodzhar Hills.

The mountains are mainly composed of tufa, siliceous and clayey slate. steppe vegetation 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 a, limestone and others minerals[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Губерлинские горы . www.orenobl.ru . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111228204909/http://www.orenobl.ru/priroda/guber_gor.php . 28 December 2011 . dead.
  2. http://nashural.ru/Mesta/guberlinskie-gori.htm "Guberlinskie mountains"
  3. Губерлинские горы // Большая советская энциклопедия : [в 30 т.] / гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. — 3-е изд. — М. : Советская энциклопедия, 1969—1978.
  4. http://earchive.tpu.ru/handle/11683/7251 Yanishevsky M. E. Report (preliminary) on a business trip to the Mugodzharsky and Guberlinsky mountains / M. E. Yanishevsky // Bulletin of the Tomsk Technological Institute [Izvestia TTI]. - 1905. - T. 3.