GREATER KHINGAN

The 'Greater Khingan Range' ( ''pinyin'': Dàxīng'ānlǐng; Manchu: Amba Hinggan), also called the 'Greater Hing'an Range' or 'Greater Hinggan Range', is a volcanic mountain range in Inner Mongolia in northeastern China. The range extends roughly 1,200 km from north to south, narrowing towards the south. It divides the plains of northeastern China to the east from the Mongolian Plateau to the west. The area has an elevation of 1,200 to 1,300 metres, with the highest peak at 2,035 metres.
The range is densely forested. As an eco-region it is noted for its Daurian flora, transient between Siberian and Manchurian floras.
Its slopes are relatively rich grazing area and was the region that the Khitan people emerged from before establishing the Liao Dynasty in the tenth century.

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References

★ Imperial China: 900-1800, Mote, F.W., , , Harvard University Press, 1999, ISBN 0674012127

See also

★ Khitan people

★ Liao Dynasty

★ Manchuria

★ Mongolia