Mount Telpos-Iz, rises to 5,305 feet (1,617 metres).

Many of the summits are flattened, the remnants of ancient peneplains (eroded surfaces of large area and slight relief) uplifted by geologically recent tectonic movements.

The north–south course of the Urals is relatively narrow, varying from about 20 to 90 miles (32 to 145 km) in width, but it cuts across the vast latitudinal landscape regions of the Eurasian landmass, from Arctic waste to semidesert.

The Urals also are part of a highly developed industrial complex closely tied to the mineral-rich Siberian region and are the home of peoples with roots reaching deep into history.

To the north the peneplain is buried under the loose, easily pulverized deposits of the West Siberian Plain.

The main watershed does not correspond with the highest ridges everywhere.

The Ufa rivers of the Central and Southern Urals, which later join the Volga drainage basin, have their sources on the eastern slope.

The eastern slopes, on the other hand, have fewer karst formations; instead, rocky outliers rise above the flattened surfaces.

Broad foothills, reduced to peneplain, adjoin the Central and Southern Urals on the east.