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

The Guberlinsky Mountains extend from north to south [1] for 70 kilometres (43 mi).[2] Their area is about 400 square kilometres (150 sq mi).[3] 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 80–100 metres (260–330 ft).[1] The prevailing heights are 300–350 metres (980–1,150 ft).[2] The highest peak is mountain Poperechnaya.[3] In the southern part, the Guberlin Mountains turn into Mugodzhar Hills.

The mountains are mainly composed of tufa, siliceous and clayey slate.[2] steppe vegetation grows on the slopes, there are mosses and lichen and.[3] Within the mountains there are deposits of manganese, copper, iron and nickel ores (Akkerman nickel mine), chromium a, limestone and others minerals[2][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Guberlinskie mountains" Archived 2016-10-28 at the Wayback Machine Our Ural website.
  2. ^ a b c d (in Russian) Губерлинские горы // Большая советская энциклопедия : [в 30 т.] / гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. — 3-е изд. — М. : Советская энциклопедия, 1969—1978.
  3. ^ a b c "Губерлинские горы". www.orenobl.ru. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ 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.