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...Asia borders4.png|thumb|250px|Map of '''Central Asia''' showing three sets of possible [[Eurasia]]n boundaries for the region]] ...(1918–1991). Central Asian SSRs declared independence in 1991. In terms of area, it is nearly synonymous with [[Russian Turkestan]], the name for the

...sing the northern part of the [[Caspian Sea]], the largest enclosed [[body of water]] on [[Earth]].<ref>{{cite web }}</ref> It is the larger northern part of the wider [[Aral-Caspian Depression]] around the [[Aral Sea|Aral]] and Casp

...Eurasia over the past 130,000 years. Edited by A.A. Svitoch. GEOS. Moscow. Russia. 2002. ISBN 5-89118-268-8</ref> Catastrophic events during the epoch are th =={{anchor|History of investigation}}Research history==

|basin_countries = [[Azerbaijan]], [[Iran]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Russia]], [[Turkmenistan]] |islands = [[:Category:Islands of the Caspian Sea|26+]]

...District|relief=1|float=right|width=300|caption=Selection of [[outcrop]]s of the Timanide Orogen.|places= {{Location map~|Russia Northwestern Federal District|lat=70.483611 |long=29.540556 |label=[[Varang

...] makes up the [[East European Craton]]. Volgo–Uralia is the easternmost of the three segments and borders the Sarmatian Craton to the southwest along {{Geology of Europe}}

|caption_bathymetry = Map of the Lake Balkhash drainage basin ...(meteorology)|precipitation]], largely vernal snowmelt, from the mountains of China's [[Xinjiang]] region.

| photo_caption = Satellite photograph of the Dzungarian Gate, the pale, [[fault-line]]d valley running between [[Lak | map_caption = The Dzungarian Gate in Kazakhstan on the border of China.

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...er]]. From the west and east of the Southern Ural is limited to the [[East European]], [[West Siberian Plain]] and the steppes near [[Aral Sea]] anb [[Caspian ...hills of the Southern Ural extends up to 250&nbsp;km with an average width of the Ural Mountains from 40 to 150&nbsp;km.

...ve under the European plate. This event was the last stage in the assembly of [[Pangaea]].{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} ...rthwest [[Kazakhstan]]. Its total length is about {{convert|3500|km|mi}}, of which the Ural Mountains are about {{convert|2500|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref>[htt

...volcanics as well as the sediments of the western continental margin zones of the Siberian craton ([[Angara Plate]]) on the north and the [[Kazakhstania| ...London, Memoirs'', 32, 83–95.</ref><ref>Victor N. Puchkov. The evolution of the Uralian orogen. ''Geological Society, London, Special Publications'', 2

| header = Ural regions in [[Russia]] | image1 = Map of Russia - Urals Federal District.svg

|piccap=Map of the Altai mountain range ...99° E, where it gradually becomes lower and merges into the high plateau of the [[Gobi Desert]].

...Mountains]], [[Siberia]], south of the modern city of [[Novosibirsk]], [[Russia]]; the site is close to the borders with [[China]], [[Kazakhstan]] and [[Mo ...wider [[Pazyryk culture]]. The site is included in the [[Golden Mountains of Altai]] [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{cite web

...of the [[Siberian Ice Maiden|Ice Maiden]] [[mummy]] which is now the focus of an [[ethnic group|ethnic]] [[politics|political]] debate between Russian sc [[File:Mummy of the Ukok Princess.jpg|thumb|[[Siberian Ice Maiden]] [[mummy]] - 5th century