Zhuozi Mountain
{{short description|Mountain in Inner Mongolia, China}}
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| location = Inner Mongolia{{cite book|author=Jiansheng Hu|title=Big Tradition and Chinese Mythological Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xr_2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA178|year=2020|publisher=Springer Nature|isbn=9789811546341|pages=178–}}
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Zhuozi Mountain or Zhuozi Shan{{cite book|author=DK|title=Reference World Atlas: Everything You Need to Know About Our Planet Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fGRpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA162|date=2 August 2016|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-1-4654-5873-5|pages=162–}} ({{zh|c=桌子山{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of China, Vol. 18, Part 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YixMAAAAYAAJ|publisher=Encyclopedia of China Publishing House|pages=816–}}|p=Zhuōzi shān}}), also known as Mount Zhuozi{{cite news|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12665-020-08931-6|title=Particle size characteristics of surface sediments and their environmental significance: a comparative study of deserts in arid western Inner Mongolia, China|work=Springer.com|date=May 7, 2020|doi=10.1007/s12665-020-08931-6|last1=Zhang |first1=Yalu |last2=Chun |first2=Xi |last3=Zhou |first3=Haijun |last4=Zhang |first4=Yangyang |last5=Huang |first5=Shixin |last6=Wang |first6=Xiaozhen |volume=79 |issue=10 }} or West Zhuozi Mountain (西桌子山),{{cite book|author=Wuhai City Chronicles Compilation Committee|title=Wuhai City Chronicles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N6YtAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House|pages=82–|isbn=9787204031351 }} is located in the east of Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China,{{cite book|author1=Zhou Zhiyi|author2=W. T. Dean|title=Phanerozoic Geology of Northwest China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4E7qZz0PtVcC&pg=PA74|date=December 1996|publisher=Vision Sports Publishing|isbn=90-6764-228-2|pages=74–}} in the west of the Ordos Plateau.
Geography
Zhuozi Mountain runs north-south,{{cite book|author=Li Xuejun|title=Time and space years: the roots and soul of Helan Mountain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=udeWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT47|date=1 July 2017|publisher=Ningxia People's Publishing House|isbn=978-7-227-06698-9|pages=47–}} about 75 kilometers long,{{cite book|author=Zhenhua Liang|title=Rock art in Zhuozi Mountain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=br4PAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Cultural Relics Publishing House|isbn=978-7-5010-1102-5|pages=5–}} with the southern edge of Helan Mountains across the Yellow River.{{cite book|author=Shun-wu Chou|title=China provincial geography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jN4uAQAAIAAJ|date=1 January 1992|publisher=Foreign Languages Press|isbn=978-0-8351-2737-0|pages=85–}}
The main peak of the Zhuozi Mountain is 2,149 meters above sea level,{{cite book|author1=Dakang Zuo|author2=Yan Xing|title=The Natural Features of China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgRNAQAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=China Pictorial Publishing House|isbn=978-7-80024-094-2|pages=232–}} and its top is flat and table-like, so it is called "Table Mountain".{{cite news|url=http://travel.nmgnews.com.cn/system/2012/11/26/010872976.shtml|title=Introduction to Rock art in Zhuozi Mountain|work=nmgnews.com.cn|date=2012-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411163955/http://travel.nmgnews.com.cn/system/2012/11/26/010872976.shtml|archive-date=2015-04-11|url-status=dead}}
At the western foot of Zhuozi Mountain, there is the Rock Paintings of Zhuozi Mountain,{{cite news|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/innermongolia/2013-12/19/content_17185218.htm|title=Rock Paintings of Zhuozi Mountain|work=China Daily|date=2013-12-19}} dating back to more than 5000 years ago,{{cite news|url=http://en.people.cn/200211/08/image20021108_9919.html|title=Protect the Rock Painting in Inner Mongolia|work=People.cn|date=2013-12-19}} which is a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China.{{cite news|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/photo/2020-10/18/c_1126626753_2.htm|title=Mysterious Rock Paintings in Zhuozi Mountain|work=Xinhuanet.com|date=2020-10-18}}