Nurgush

{{Short description|Mountain range in Russia}} {{about||the protected area in Kirov Oblast|Nurgush Nature Reserve}} {{Infobox mountain |name= Nurgush |other_name= Нургуш / Нөргөш |image= Средний Нургуш.jpg |image_caption= View of the Middle Nurgush. |image_size= |country=Russia |region_type=Federal subject |region=Chelyabinsk Oblast |parent=Southern Ural<br />Ural Mountains |borders_on= |highest= HP of Bolshoy Nurgush |elevation_m= 1406 |coordinates = {{coord|54|49|11|N|59|08|57|E}} |length_orientation = SSW / NNE |length_km=50 |width_km= |area_km2= |range_coordinates = {{coord|54|45|N|59|0|E|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |geology=Quartzite |age= Carboniferous |orogeny= |map=Russia Chelyabinsk Oblast#Russia |map_size= |map_caption= Location in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia |easiest_route= From Bakal, Russia }} '''Nurgush''' ({{langx|ru|Нургуш}}; {{langx|ba|Нөргөш}}) is a mountain range in Satkinsky District, in the western part of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.<ref name="GЕ">Google Earth</ref><ref>[https://peakvisor.com/adm/chelyabinsk-oblast.html Chelyabinsk Oblast - Peak Visor]</ref> The range is within the {{convert|882.49|sqkm|}} protected area of the Zyuratkul National Park.<ref>[https://zuratkul.ru/ Zyuratkul National Park official site]</ref>

The name of the mountain in the Bashkir language means "luminous bird".<ref name="CO"/>

==Geography== Nurgush is a subrange of the Urals. It stretches roughly from SSW to NNE for {{convert|50|km|mi}} in the southern section of the long Ural chain. The range stretches between the southern shore of lake Zyuratkul to the mouth of river Berezyak. The highest point is {{convert|1406|m|}} high, rising in the Bolshoy Nurgush section located in the northern part. Maly Nurgush is the southern section. The southwestern limit of the range is marked by the valley of river Yuryuzan.<ref name="PV">[https://peakvisor.com/peak/bolshoi-nurgush.html Bolshoi Nurgush - Peak Visor]</ref><ref name="CO">Челябинская область: Энциклопедия / гл.ред. К. Н. Бочкарёв. Ч.: Каменный пояс, 2008</ref> {| |- valign="top" |thumb|210px|Map of the range area. |thumb|320px|View of the Nurgush from the shore of lake Zyuratkul. |}

==Flora== The lower slopes of the Nurgush are partly covered with dark coniferous taiga; there is mixed spruce, fir and birch forest in the valleys. The higher elevations have often a barren look with kurums and mountain tundra.<ref>М. А. Андреева. ''Природа Челябинской области'' / Науч.ред. Ч., 2001.</ref>

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==External links== *{{Commons category inline|Nurgush Ridge}} *[https://www.keeptravel.com/russia/attraction/hrebet-nurgush Khrebet Nurgush] Category:Mountain ranges of Russia Category:Ural Mountains Category:Landforms of Chelyabinsk Oblast