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Encyclopedia > Qinling Mountains

The Qinling Mountains (Chinese Simplified 秦岭, Chinese Traditional 秦嶺) are a major mountain range in central China. They form the main physical barrier between the Wei River valley and the Sichuan Plain.They were a home to the Qinling Pandas,but they were restricted to the mountains. A mountain range (Sierra in the Spanish language) is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ... The Wei River (渭河, pinyin: Wei He; Wade-Giles: Wei Ho) is a river in central China. ... Sichuan (Chinese: 四川; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ssu-ch`uan; Postal Pinyin: Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in central-western China with its capital at Chengdu. ... The Quinling Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca qinlingensis) is a subspecies of the Giant Panda, named by science in 2005. ...

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CHINA FACTS & FIGURES 2002 - china.org.cn (381 words)
Kunlun Mountains: Extends 2,500 km from the Pamirs Plateau in the west to the northwest of Sichuan Province, with an average elevation of 5,000 to 7,000 meters.
Qinling Mountains: Stretches from east Gansu Province in the west to west Henan Province in the east, with an average elevation of 2,000 to 3,000 meters.
Hengduan Mountains: Situated at the juncture of Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan in the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an average elevation of 2,000 to 6,000 meters.
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