Yan Mountains, the Glossary
The Yan Mountains, also known by their Chinese name Yanshan, are a major mountain range to the north of the North China Plain, principally in the province of Hebei.[1]
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19 relations: Badaling, Basalt, Beijing, Chaobai River, Chinese language, Granite, Great Wall of China, Gubeikou, Hebei, Limestone, Mount Wuling, Mountain range, North China Plain, Provinces of China, Sea level, Shanhai Pass, Swallow, Xinglong County, Yan (state).
- China mountain stubs
- Mountain ranges of China
- Mountains of Beijing
- Mountains of Hebei
Badaling
Badaling is the site of the most visited section of the Great Wall of China, approximately northwest of Beijing's city center, in Badaling Town, Yanqing District, Beijing municipality.
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Basalt
Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.
Beijing
Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.
Chaobai River
The Chaobai River is a river in northern China.
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Chinese language
Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.
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Granite
Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.
Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China (literally "ten thousand ''li'' long wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe.
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Gubeikou
Gubeikou Town is a town of Miyun District in northeastern Beijing, traversed by, bordering with Luanping County, Hebei to the north and the Beijing towns of Gaoling (高岭镇) to the west, Xinchengzi (新城子镇) to the east and Taishitun (太师屯镇).
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Hebei
Hebei is a province in North China.
Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
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Mount Wuling
Mount Wuling is a mountain located at the border of Xinglong County, Chengde, Hebei Province and Miyun District, Beijing. Yan Mountains and mount Wuling are mountains of Beijing.
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Mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground.
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North China Plain
The North China Plain is a large-scale downfaulted rift basin formed in the late Paleogene and Neogene and then modified by the deposits of the Yellow River.
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Provinces of China
Provinces (p) are the most numerous type of province-level divisions in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Sea level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.
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Shanhai Pass
Shanhai Pass or Shanhaiguan is one of the major passes in the Great Wall of China, being the easternmost stronghold along the Ming Great Wall that commands the narrowest choke point in the strategic Liaoxi Corridor, a crucial coastal landway between the North and Northeast China.
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Swallow
The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae are a family of passerine songbirds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica.
Xinglong County
Xinglong County is a county in the northeast of Hebei province, bordering the municipalities of Beijing to the west and Tianjin to the southwest.
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Yan (state)
Yan (Old Chinese pronunciation: *) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty.
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See also
China mountain stubs
- Apsarasas Kangri
- Awa mountain
- Barkol Tagh
- Bozhong Mountain
- Cat Mountain
- Dünkheger
- Daliang Mountains
- Dalou Mountains
- Dayu Mountains
- Funiu Mountains
- Gangdise Shan
- Gora Alagordy
- Huaiyu Mountains
- Jiaozi Snow Mountain
- Kalamely Mountain
- Kitten Mountain
- Kuaiji Mountains
- Mengzhu Mountains
- Mount Erlang
- Mount Kunyu
- Mount Tianzhu
- Mount Xiqiao
- Mount Zheduo
- Nangpai Gosum
- Nanshan Mountains
- Qiniangshan
- Qitian Mountains
- Riyue Mountain
- Shoushan (Xingcheng)
- Taihang Mountains
- Teram Kangri
- The Crown (mountain)
- Tiantangzhai
- Wugai Mountain
- Wuling Mountains
- Yan Mountains
- Yanamax
- Yangming Mountains
- Yuecheng Mountains
- Yunmen Mountain (Shandong)
- Zhangguangcai Range
- Zhongnan Mountains
Mountain ranges of China
- Altai Mountains
- Amne Machin
- Awa mountain
- Baekdu-daegan
- Barkol Tagh
- Bayan Har Mountains
- Changbai Mountains
- Daba Mountains
- Dabie Mountains
- Great Himalayas
- Greater Khingan
- Himalayas
- Huangshan
- Jinping Mountains
- Jundu Mountains
- Karakoram
- Kuaiji Mountains
- Kunlun Mountains
- Mazong Mountain
- Middle Yandang Mountains
- Mount Zheduo
- Nanling Mountains
- Pamir Mountains
- Qian Mountains
- Qilian Mountains
- Qinling
- Shaluli Mountains
- Taihang Mountains
- Thistle Mountains
- Wanda Mountains
- Xiao Mountains
- Yan Mountains
- Yandang Mountains
- Yin Mountains
- Yuecheng Mountains
- Zhangguangcai Range
- Zhongnan Mountains
- Zhongtiao Mountains
Mountains of Beijing
- Longqing Gorge
- Mount Ling (Beijing)
- Mount Miaofeng
- Mount Wuling
- Tianshou Mountain
- Western Hills
- Yan Mountains
Mountains of Hebei
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Mountains
Also known as Yan Mountain, Yan Range, Yan Shan, Yanshan Mountains, Yanshan Range.