page_title: Denezhkin Kamen Nature Reserve
section_title: Topography
hierarchical_section_title: Denezhkin Kamen Nature Reserve / Topography
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Вид на Денежкин Камень с высоты 981 ГУХа. English: Denezhin Kamen from a height of 981 meters.
context_page_description: Denezhkin Kamen Nature Reserve is a Russian 'zapovednik', centered on Denezhkin Stone Mountain, on the eastern slope of the Central Ural Mountains. The mountain is one of the highest peaks in the Urals; and most of the reserve's terrain is West Siberian taiga and some tundra. Denezhkin Kamen is the only nature reserve in the Ural east-slope watershed, and protects relatively pristine forest. There are old-growth stands of trees, no settlements, and no logging roads on the site. The reserve is situated about 400 km north of Yekaterinburg, in the Severouralsk city district in the north of Sverdlovsk Oblast.
context_section_description: Denezhkin Kamen Mountain is about half bare stone (shale and syenite-gneiss); one fourth is forested and the other half scrub and bush.  Visitors report a bleak and harsh environment.   The mountain supports the headwaters of the Sosva River, which flows into the Tavda River, which flows into the Ob River and ultimately into the Kara Sea to the north.   The reserve is on the east slope of the Urals, and looks down to the east towards the West Siberian Plain.  The western border of the site runs north-south along the main ridge of the Urals, effectively marking the border between Europe to the west and Asia to the east.
caption: Denezhin Kamen from a height of 981 meters
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