Lesser Khingan
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Lesser Khingan Range | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,429 m (4,688 ft) |
Coordinates | 48°47′30″N 127°12′30″E / 48.79167°N 127.20833°ECoordinates: 48°47′30″N 127°12′30″E / 48.79167°N 127.20833°E |
Geography | |
Lesser Khingan Range |
Lesser Khingan (Chinese: 小兴安岭; pinyin: Xiǎo Xīng'ān Lǐng; Russian: Малый Хинган, Maly Khingan) is a mountain range in China's Heilongjiang province and the adjacent parts of Russia's Amur Oblast and Jewish Autonomous Oblast.
In China, the Khingan mountains are divided into the Greater Khingan and Lesser Khingan. The Lesser Khingan range runs roughly from the northwest to the southeast and separates the valley of the Amur (Heilongjiang) River from that of the Nenjiang River. The mountain range then turns toward the east and north-east, entering Russia. The Amur/Heilongjiang, which is a border river, forms a gorge when crossing the mountain range.
In Russia, the range is part of the Khingan Nature Reserve.
See also[]
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- Mountain ranges of Russia
- Landforms of Heilongjiang
- Landforms of Amur Oblast
- Landforms of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
- Heilongjiang geography stubs
- Russian Far East geography stubs