The Ural Mountains or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural and northwestern Kazakhstan. The mountain range forms part of the conventional boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia. The Verkhoyansk Range is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is part of the East Siberian Mountains . The range represents a major anticlinal structure, created in a period of folding. The mountains support sparse tundra vegetation of mosses and lichens. No routes cross the range, and the area is virtually uninhabited. The Kolyma Mountains or Kolyma Upland is a mountain range in northeastern Siberia , lying mostly within the Magadan Oblast, along the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk in the Kolyma region . The sparsely populated area comprises desolate tundra, but gold mining is important in the valley of the upper Kolyma River. The range's highest point is Mount Nevsky in the Omsukchan Range at 1,828 meters. The Koryak Mountains or Koryak Highlands are a mountain range in Far-Eastern Siberia, Russia, located partly in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug andin Kamchatka Krai. The Koryak area occupies the northern half of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the southern end of the Koryak Mountains, and the Penzhina Basin. The relief is rugged and the climate is severe. Vegetation consists of tundra or thin birch forest , with some larch in the Penzhina Basin. The area is very sparsely populated ; there are no towns and only several urban settlements, including the administrative centre of the formerdistrict, Palana .