Question

Which mountain ranges separate North European Plains from Great Siberian Plains?
A) Kjolen Mountains
B) Ural Mountains
C) Carpathian Mountains
D) Balkan Mountains

Answer 1

Hint: Northern European Plains extend from the southern United Kingdom east to Russia and is the greatest uninterrupted expanse of plain land on Earth. One of the largest continuous flatlands, the Great Siberian plains nearly 1,200,000 miles of area in central Russia.

Complete answer:
The Ural Mountain Range forms a natural divide between the Great Siberian plains in Asia and The North European plains in Europe by rising like a long and narrow spine across western Russia.

The North European plain are lowly elevated plains bound by the Central European Highlands on the south and on the coastlines of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north. Combined with the Eastern European plains, the North European plains form the Great European plains. The great Siberian plains stretch from The Urals in the west to the Yenisey River in the East. Swampy marshlands and floodplains of three major rivers have made most of the region unsuitable for agriculture.

With a length of about 2,500 km, the range extends from the Kara Sea in Western Siberia to Kazakh Steppe in Northern Kazakhstan. Dated to 250-300 million years ago, one of the world’s oldest mountain ranges, the Urals, are pretty unusually high and well preserved for their age. These mountains are the richest in minerals like coal, iron, silver, gold, platinum, magnesium, lead, salt and a wide variety of gemstones and thus have been exploited since the 17th century.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note: The mountains have time and again proved to be of huge advantage to its natives. The extensive industrial development of Russia was backed by the mineral reserves of the Urals, which is why they were viewed as the ”treasure box” of mineral resources. They provided a base for industrial relocation during World War II and Nuclear industry during the cold war. The region also served as a military stronghold during several conflicts in different periods of time.