Lesser Khingan
Mountain range in Northeastern China and the Russian Far East
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.
In Russia, the range is part of the Khingan Nature Reserve.
01Geography
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. The Amur/Heilongjiang, which is a border river, forms a gorge when crossing the mountain range.
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- Хинганский заповедник.jpg by Хабаровчанин, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Stielers Handatlas 1891 62 NE.jpg by Stielers_Handatlas_1891_62.jpg: Publisher: Gotha: Justus Perthes derivative work: Vmenkov (talk), Public domain
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