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1. Ural Mountains

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   The Ural Mountains serve as a critical climatic divide. The range generally separates the cold, dry, continental air masses originating from the Siberian interior (to the east) from the slightly milder, more humid air masses approaching from European Russia (to the west).
   Precipitation patterns are distinctly asymmetrical. The western slopes receive significantly more precipitation, averaging 600–900 mm annually, due to orographic lifting of moist air moving inland from the Volga-Baltic Waterway. In contrast, the eastern slopes often receive less than 400 m…