Lesser Khingan

{{Short description|Mountain range in Northeastern China and the Russian Far East}}

{{Infobox mountain

|name = Lesser Khingan

|other_name = 小兴安岭 / Малый Хинган

|photo = Хинганский заповедник.jpg

|photo_alt =

|photo_caption = Larch taiga on the slopes of the Lesser Khingan

|country = {{enum|China|Russia}}

|region_type = Federal subject

|region = {{ubl|Heilongjiang (China)|Jewish Autonomous Oblast
and Amur Oblast (Russia)}}

|border =

|biome =

|highest = Pingdingshan

|elevation_m = 1429

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|coordinates = {{coord|48|47|30|N|127|12|30|E|region:CN_type:mountain_source:kolossus-dewiki}}

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|length_km = 500

|width_km = 70

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|length_orientation = SW/NE

|width_orientation = NW/SE

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|range_coordinates = {{coord|48|30|N|130|0|E|type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|range_coordinates_ref =Google Earth

|geology = Conglomerate, basalt

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|map = China Heilongjiang

|map_alt =

|map_caption = Location in Heilongjiang

|map_relief = yes

| easiest_route = From Hegang or Birobidzhan

}}

Lesser Khingan ({{lang-zh|c=小兴安岭|p=Xiǎo Xīng'ān Lǐng}}; {{langx|ru|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.[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article073174.html Малый Хинган]; Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 volumes — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd edition - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)

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.[https://www.eao.ru/o-eao/obshchie-svedeniya/geograficheskoe-polozhenie-i-relef--1/ Еврейская автономная область - Географическое положение и рельеф] The Amur/Heilongjiang, which is a border river, forms a gorge when crossing the mountain range.

File:Stielers Handatlas 1891 62 NE.jpg

See also

References

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Further reading

  • {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Khingan|display=Khingan s.v. Little Khingan|volume=15|page=777|first1=Peter Alexeivitch|last1=Kropotkin|author1-link=Peter Kropotkin|first2=John Thomas|last2=Bealby}}