Uralsk
a province of Russia, lying in the main east of the Ural river. It is one of the border provinces between Europe and Asia and has an area of 139,168 square miles. It is largely made up of dry steppes and deserts inclining to the Caspian, with a number of salt lakes and streams, of which only the Ural and the Emba reach the Caspian.
The temperature varies greatly, the land is arid, the leading occupations being URANUS fishing and cattle raising. The fish products are valuable and those exported exceed in annual value $1,500,000. Pop. about 880,000, two-thirds being Kirghizes. The capital of the province is Uralsk; pop. about 50,000.