Lesser Khingan

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.[3]

Lesser Khingan
小兴安岭 / Малый Хинган
Larch taiga on the slopes of the Lesser Khingan
Highest point
PeakPingdingshan
Elevation1,429 m (4,688 ft)
Coordinates48°47′30″N 127°12′30″E[1]
Dimensions
Length500 km (310 mi) SW/NE
Width70 km (43 mi) NW/SE
Geography
Lesser Khingan is located in Heilongjiang
Lesser Khingan
Location in Heilongjiang
CountryChina and Russia
Federal subject
Range coordinates48°30′N 130°0′E[2]
Geology
Type of rockConglomerate, basalt
Climbing
Easiest routeFrom Hegang or Birobidzhan

In Russia, the range is part of the Khingan Nature Reserve.

Geography

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.[4] The Amur/Heilongjiang, which is a border river, forms a gorge when crossing the mountain range.

The Chinese section of the Lesser Khingan, labeled with its Manchu name (in German transcription), Iljehari-Alin on an 1891 map

See also

References
  1. Google Maps
  2. Google Earth
  3. Малый Хинган; Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)
  4. Еврейская автономная область - Географическое положение и рельеф


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