The Ural River
Ch1.Source and Course: From Bashkir Uplands to Caspian Shore
Ch2.The Continental Divide: Europe Meets Asia Along the Water
Ch3.Steppes, Floodplains and Deltas: A Landscape in Layers
Ch4.Cossack Frontiers: Settlement and Struggle on the Yaik
Ch5.Pugachev's River: Rebellion, Renaming and Imperial Control
Ch6.Sturgeon, Caviar and Collapse: The Fisheries of the Lower Ural
Ch7.Borders and Pipelines: The Modern Geopolitics of a Shared River
Ch8.Ecology Under Pressure: Drought, Diversion and an Uncertain Future