The Urals are among the world's oldest extant mountain ranges. For its age of 250 to 300 million years of age, the elevation of the mountains is unusually high. They were formed during the Uralian orogeny due to the collision of the eastern edge of the supercontinent Laurussia with the young and rheologically weak continent of Kazakhstania, which now underlies much of Kazakhstan and West Siberia west of the Irtysh, and intervening island arcs. The collision lasted nearly 90 million years in the late Carboniferous – early Triassic.

Ural należy do najstarszych gór na Ziem, powstały ok. 250-300 milionów lat temu, podczas kolizji Laurazji z Kazachstanią. Jak na swój wiek, góry są dziś wyjątkowo wysokie.

Ural gehört zu den ältesten Bergen der Erde, die vor etwa 250-300 Millionen Jahren während der Kollision von Laurazja und Kasachstan entstanden sind. Für dein Alter sind die Berge heute extrem hoch.