Nurgush

Nurgush (Нургуш; Нөргөш) is a mountain range in Satkinsky District, western part of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian Federation. The range is within the 882.49 sqkm protected area of the Zyuratkul National Park.

The name of the mountain in the Bashkir language means "luminous bird".

Geography
Nurgush is a subrange of the Urals. It stretches roughly from SSW to NNE for 50 km in the southern section of the long Ural chain. The range stretches between the southern shore of lake Zyuratkul to the mouth of river Berezyak. The highest point is 1406 m high, rising in the Bolshoy Nurgush section located in the northern part. Maly Nurgush is the southern section. The southwestern limit of the range is marked by the valley of river Yuryuzan.

Flora
The lower slopes of the Nurgush are partly covered with dark coniferous taiga; there is mixed spruce, fir and birch forest in the valleys. The higher elevations have often a barren look with kurums and mountain tundra.