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9-463: (Redirected from Volga-Ural ) Volga–Ural may refer to: Volga–Ural interfluve Volga-Ural Military District Volga-Ural Petroleum and Gas Province Volgo–Uralia Idel-Ural Volga-Ural State Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Volga–Ural . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
18-494: A strip salty sands cut with bayous filled with seawater when the wind blows from the sea (this kind of winds is called "moryana" ( ru:моряна ) in Russian, form the word more , "sea"). There is also a large number of small intermittent and some larger permanent saltwater lakes in the southern desert area. The most notable of them is Baskunchak , with major salt mining . Within the confines of Atyrau Region , Kazakhstan, bordering
27-747: Is a steppe , semidesert , and desert territory between rivers Volga and Ural in Kazakhstan and Russia . Most of the interfluve lies in Kazakhstan, within the West Kazakhstan Region and Atyrau Region . From south it is bordered by the Caspian Sea , into which both Volga and Ural flow. The southern arid area is within the Caspian Depression , Caspian lowland desert ecoregion . It rises gradually from
36-454: Is a narrow, elongated and plateau-like or ridge -like landform between two valleys . More generally, an interfluve is defined as an area of higher ground between two rivers in the same drainage system . These landforms are created by earth flow (" solifluction "). They can also be former river terraces that are subsequently bisected by fluvial erosion . In cases where there is a deposit of younger sedimentary beds ( loess , colluvium )
45-480: Is difficult to make estimates about its historical population. The book discusses the following archaeological sites: In more recent times the situation improved and a large number of kurgans , in particular, attributed to the Yamnaya culture , which, in particular, changed the notions about the significance of the development of metallurgy in the area in early Bronze Age . Interfluve An interfluve
54-570: The Astrakhan Oblast , Russia, there is a huge sand massif formerly known as "Urdinskiye peski" (Урдинские пески) , now "Ryn-peski", or Ryn Desert . The northern part belongs to the Pontic–Caspian steppe ecoregion. The interfluve may be divided into the following zones: plain clayey steppes zone, plain sandy desert zone, plain clayey desert zone, plain sandy desert steppe zone. Due to its ecological nature, historically, this area
63-481: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Volga–Ural&oldid=1186452109 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Volga%E2%80%93Ural interfluve The Volga–Ural interfluve ( Kazakh : Еділ-Жайық өзені , Russian : Волго-Уральское междуречье )
72-461: The sea coast northwatrds, with averaged elevations in the lower area ranging between 28 m and 11m below sea level. In the vicinity of Volga Delta there are groups of Baer knolls [ ru ] with heights up to 25 m. Between them freshwater bayous and saltwater lakes may be formed. The latter can dry out and form salt-covered depressions. The whole shore of the Caspian sea is fringed with
81-473: Was most suited for nomadic lifestyle . In the 13th and 14th centuries the sedentary population was extremely sparse, with stationary settlements located along the valleys of Volga and Ural, as well as in the water-rich northern part of the interfluve . The 1985 book by Vadim Egorov, and expert in Golden Horde archaeology, says that insufficient archaeological research was carried out in this area, so it
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