Greater Khingan

Greater Khingan Range
Greater Khingan Range
	The Yalu river in the Greater Khingan range
Highest point
Elevation	2,035 m (6,677 ft)
Coordinates	49°22′57″N 123°09′24″E / 49.3823728°N 123.1567383°ECoordinates: 49°22′57″N 123°09′24″E / 49.3823728°N 123.1567383°E
Naming
Native name	大兴安岭 (Chinese)
Geography
	Greater Khingan Range Located in Northeast China
Geology
Mountain type	Tilted block faulting

The Greater Khingan Range or Da Hinggan Range (simplified Chinese: 大兴安岭; traditional Chinese: 大興安嶺; pinyin: Dà Xīng'ān Lǐng; IPA: [tâ ɕíŋ.án.lìŋ]), is a 1,200-kilometer (750 mi)-long volcanic mountain range in the Inner Mongolia region of Northeast China.^[1]

Geography[]

The range extends 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) from north to south. It is the watershed between the Nen and Songhua river systems to the east, and the Amur and its tributaries to the northwest.^[2]

Population[]

Its slopes are a relatively rich grazing area. The Khitan people lived on the eastern slopes^[3] before establishing the Liao Dynasty in the tenth century. Oroqen, a Tungusic peoples, live along the Greater and Lesser Khingan range in northeastern China and belong to the oldest autochthonus populations of the region. On the western slopes lived the nomadic people, who raised sheep and camels and used the Mongolian plateau for their pastoralist economy.^[3]

References[]

^ "The Greater Khingan range in winter". China Daily. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ "Da Hinggan Range". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b Mote, F.W. (1999). Imperial China: 900–1800. Harvard University Press. p. 32s. ISBN 0-674-01212-7.

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[1] "The Greater Khingan range in winter". China Daily. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[2] "Da Hinggan Range". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 September 2020.

[mote-3] Mote, F.W. (1999). Imperial China: 900–1800. Harvard University Press. p. 32s. ISBN 0-674-01212-7.

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v t Mountain ranges of China
Geography of China
Northwest China	Altai Mountains Dzungarian Alatau Tian Shan Borohoro Mountains Tarbagatai Mountains Kunlun Mountains Altyn-Tagh Qilian Mountains Helan Mountains Liupan Mountains
Qinghai-Tibet and Southwest China	Himalayas Transhimalaya Pamir Mountains Karakoram Argu Tagh Yengisogat Kunlun Mountains Hoh Xil Bayan Har Mountains Amne Machin Tanggula Mountains Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains Hengduan Mountains Gaoligong Mountains Yunling Mountains Ailao Mountains Qionglai Mountains Daxue Mountains Min Mountains
Northeast China	Greater Khingan Lesser Khingan Changbai Mountains Wanda Mountains Qian Mountains
North and East China	Yin Mountains Lang Mountains Lüliang Mountains Taihang Mountains Zhongtiao Mountains Mount Tai Tianmu Mountain Yandang Mountains Wuyi Mountains
Central China	Qinling Daba Mountains Dabie Mountains Wudang Mountains Jingshan Mountains Luoxiao Mountains Jiuling Mountains Mufu Mountains Wugong Mountains Huangshan Wuling Mountains Xuefeng Mountains
South China	Cang Mountain Daliang Mountains Dalou Mountains Nanling Mountains Jiuyi Mountains Yuecheng Mountains Longmen Mountains Western Mountains
Landforms of China

Greater Khingan

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Geography[]

Population[]

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