<P> In Russia and the Soviet Union , the boundary along the Kuma -- Manych Depression was the most commonly used as early as 1906 . In 1958 , the Soviet Geographical Society formally recommended that the boundary between the Europe and Asia be drawn in textbooks from Baydaratskaya Bay , on the Kara Sea , along the eastern foot of Ural Mountains , then following the Ural River until the Mugodzhar Hills , and then the Emba River ; and Kuma -- Manych Depression , thus placing the Caucasus entirely in Asia and the Urals entirely in Europe . However , most geographers in the Soviet Union favoured the boundary along the Caucasus crest and this became the standard convention in the latter 20th century , although the Kuma -- Manych boundary remained in use in some 20th - century maps . </P>
<P> In Russia and the Soviet Union , the boundary along the Kuma -- Manych Depression was the most commonly used as early as 1906 . In 1958 , the Soviet Geographical Society formally recommended that the boundary between the Europe and Asia be drawn in textbooks from Baydaratskaya Bay , on the Kara Sea , along the eastern foot of Ural Mountains , then following the Ural River until the Mugodzhar Hills , and then the Emba River ; and Kuma -- Manych Depression , thus placing the Caucasus entirely in Asia and the Urals entirely in Europe . However , most geographers in the Soviet Union favoured the boundary along the Caucasus crest and this became the standard convention in the latter 20th century , although the Kuma -- Manych boundary remained in use in some 20th - century maps . </P>
what is the traditional dividing line between europe and asia
what is the traditional dividing line between europe and asia
Ural Mountains
Ural Mountains