Kvarkush
Encyclopedia
Kvarkush is a mountain range in North Ural, in Perm Krai
, Russia
. Located in the basin of Vishera River, between Uls River
and upstreams of Yayva River
. Its highland swamps are source of many rivers and streams. It stretches from north to south. Its length is about 60 km, width is 12 – 15 km.
Highest point is mount Vogulsky Kamen (1,066 m).
word ‘kvar-kush’ that literally means ‘naked (unforested) Ural’. Perhaps, this name was given because there are no forests at altitudes more 1,000 m and the landscape is a mountainous tundra and stone deposits. Name of mountain Vogulsky Kamen derived from name of Mansi people, which formerly was called ‘voguly’ by Russian people.
Perm Krai
Perm Krai is a federal subject of Russia that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 referendum on the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug. The city of Perm became the administrative center of the new federal subject...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Located in the basin of Vishera River, between Uls River
Uls River
Uls is river in Perm Krai, Russia, left tributary of Vishera River. It is 89 km in length. Area of drainage basin is 2,190 km². It starts on the border of Perm Krai and Sverdlovsk Oblast...
and upstreams of Yayva River
Yayva River
Yayva River is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, left tributary of Kama River. It is in length. The area of the basin is .It starts on south slope of mountain range Kvarkush, 710 m above sea level, near the border with Sverdlovsk Oblast...
. Its highland swamps are source of many rivers and streams. It stretches from north to south. Its length is about 60 km, width is 12 – 15 km.
Highest point is mount Vogulsky Kamen (1,066 m).
Etymology
Name of mountain range is derived from MansiMansi language
The Mansi language is a language of the Mansi people. It is spoken in territories of Russia along the Ob River and its tributaries, including the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and the Sverdlovsk Oblast...
word ‘kvar-kush’ that literally means ‘naked (unforested) Ural’. Perhaps, this name was given because there are no forests at altitudes more 1,000 m and the landscape is a mountainous tundra and stone deposits. Name of mountain Vogulsky Kamen derived from name of Mansi people, which formerly was called ‘voguly’ by Russian people.