1. The Ural mountains
A plate tectonic story
Lesson 1  Main

2. The continental divide
Russia is so large it is in Europe and Asia
The Ural Mountains are the dividing line between the two continents
They formed between 200 and 300 million years ago
Plate tectonic movements are physical processes operating on a planetary scale

3. The Ural mountains
The Ural Mountains extend about 2,500 km from the Arctic Circle to the grasslands of the northern border of Kazakhstan

5. The continental divide
The Ural Mountains run from north to south through Central Asia, separating Europe from Asia

6. Drawing the map N  St Petersburg  Moscow Ural Mountains
Vladivostok 
 Moscow
 St Petersburg
1000 km

7. Plate tectonic theory
The Earth’s crust is made up of pieces called plates
Below the crust is a hot semi-molten layer called the Earth’s mantle
Heat from the Earth’s core causes convection currents in the mantle
These currents slowly move the plates around
The Ural Mountains formed when two plates collided, over 200 million years ago

8. 260 million years ago

9. Picture credits Slide 3, 4, 5 UNDP / Peter Prokosch
Slide 8 Ron Blakey, NAU Geology -