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Ural River

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Ural River
A river of western Russia and western Kazakhstan rising in the southern Ural Mountains and flowing about 2,533 km (1,574 mi) south, west, and south to the Caspian Sea.


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Geographers divide the two continents along a line formed by the Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea, and Caucasus Mountains.
The Background: Atyrau province in the west is where oil has been produced since 1911 - with Atyrau town split in two by the Ural River which divides Asia and Europe.
Towards the end of World War II, the Soviets built the Atyrau refinery on the bank of Ural River, not far from the Caspian Sea (see Downstream Trends of next week).
 
 
 
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