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A fact from Ural (river) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 July 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Once again, Wikipedia distorts facts and misleads. The Ural River does NOT flow "through eastern Europe". It is at most a boundary between Europe and Asia, and part of it arguably flows solely through Central Asia (at its northern route where it runs to the east of the Ural Mountains, e.g. in the area of Magnitogorsk). Britannica cites the Ural River solely as a Central Asian river, not a European one. Contemporary maps and authorities DO NOT indicate the Emba River as any kind of boundary between continents. The decision by UEFA to accept Kazakhstan has no bearing on strict geographical definition of Europe, as a number of geographically non-European nations play in UEFA. You are in the wrong. Please do not revert my edits again! JD — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.162.0.46 (talk) 14:50, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well, there are of course quite a number of various definitions for the Europe-Asia border. Some indeed draw the border along the Ural River (which still makes at least one of the river's shores "European"); "emba+river"+europe others draw it along the Emba River, farther to the southeast, leaving the entire Ural basin in Europe. -- Vmenkov (talk) 19:47, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The Russian-language version (though not the English-language one) of the Wikipedia article on the city of Orenburg points out the uncertainty about all this, and says only the upper reaches of the river in Russian territory are generally acknowledged to form the border. Whatever the truth of the matter - and it is clearly in dispute! - the articles on the River Ural and Orenburg in any case provide conflicting information. Perhaps someone will have to go through all the articles that mention the Europe-Asia border - wherever it runs! - and at least try to bring them more into line with each other.31.15.247.228 (talk) 09:26, 8 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
When mentioning the density of the tributaries, it uses the unit km/km^2. I don't believe this is a real measure, and I believe the correct unit is kg/km^2. If this is correct do correct me. -VT 68.15.184.227 (talk) 16:57, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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