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Ural River

Ural , known as Yaik before 1775, is a river flowing through Russia Russia

Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country [i] that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia [i] ... 

 and Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan, also spelled Kazakstan, , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a country th... 

. It arises in the southern Ural Mountains Ural Mountains

The Ural Mountains also known simply as the Urals and as the Riphean Mountains in Greco-Roman antiquity [i] ... 

 and ends at the Caspian Sea Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest lake [i] on Earth by both area [i] and volume [i], with a surface area of ... 

. Its total length is 1,509 mi . It forms part of the traditional boundary Geography of Europe

Geographically Europe is a part of the larger landmass known as Eurasia [i]. ... 

 between Europe Europe

Europe is one of the seven traditional continent [i]s of the Earth [i]. ... 

 and Asia Asia

Asia is the largest and most populous continent [i] or region, depending on the definition.... 

. It arises on the eastern side of the Urals, about 150 km north of Magnitogorsk Magnitogorsk

Magnitogorsk is a mining and industrial city by the Ural River [i] in Chelyabinsk Oblast [i], Russia [i] ... 

, flows south through Magnitogorsk, and around the southern end of the Urals, through Orsk where it turns west for about 300 km, to Orenburg Orenburg

Orenburg is a city [i] on the Ural River [i] and the administrative cente ... 

, when the Sakmara River joins. From Orenburg it continues west, passing into Kazakhstan, then turning south again at Ural'sk Oral, Kazakhstan

Oral is a city in northwestern Kazakhstan [i] at the confluence of the Ural [i] and Chogan [i] ... 

, and meandering through a broad flat plain until it reaches the Caspian at Atyrau.

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Ural , known as Yaik before 1775, is a river flowing through Russia Russia

Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country [i] that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia [i] ... 

 and Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan, also spelled Kazakstan, , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a country th... 

. It arises in the southern Ural Mountains Ural Mountains

The Ural Mountains also known simply as the Urals and as the Riphean Mountains in Greco-Roman antiquity [i] ... 

 and ends at the Caspian Sea Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest lake [i] on Earth by both area [i] and volume [i], with a surface area of ... 

. Its total length is 1,509 mi . It forms part of the traditional boundary Geography of Europe

Geographically Europe is a part of the larger landmass known as Eurasia [i]. ... 

 between Europe Europe

Europe is one of the seven traditional continent [i]s of the Earth [i]. ... 

 and Asia Asia

Asia is the largest and most populous continent [i] or region, depending on the definition.... 

.

It arises on the eastern side of the Urals, about 150 km north of Magnitogorsk Magnitogorsk

Magnitogorsk is a mining and industrial city by the Ural River [i] in Chelyabinsk Oblast [i], Russia [i]... 

, flows south through Magnitogorsk, and around the southern end of the Urals, through Orsk where it turns west for about 300 km, to Orenburg Orenburg

Orenburg is a city [i] on the Ural River [i] and the administrative cente ... 

, when the Sakmara River joins. From Orenburg it continues west, passing into Kazakhstan, then turning south again at Ural'sk Oral, Kazakhstan

Oral is a city in northwestern Kazakhstan [i] at the confluence of the Ural [i] and Chogan [i] ... 

, and meandering through a broad flat plain until it reaches the Caspian at Atyrau.

Tributaries, in order going upstream:
  • Cagan River
  • Irtek River
  • Utva River
  • Ilek River
    • Bol'saja Chobda
  • Kindel'a River
  • Sakmara River
    • Salmys River
  • Or River
  • Suunduk River