Lesser Khingan

Lesser Khingan Range
Lesser Khingan Range
	Larch taiga on the slopes of Lesser Khingan
Highest point
Elevation	1,429 metres (4,688 ft)
Coordinates	48°47′30″N 127°12′30″E / 48.79167°N 127.20833°ECoordinates: 48°47′30″N 127°12′30″E / 48.79167°N 127.20833°E
Geography
	Lesser Khingan Range Located in Northeast China crossing the border into 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 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.

In Russia, the range is part of the Khingan Nature Reserve.

The Chinese section of the Lesser Khingan, labeled with its Manchu name (in German transcription), Iljehari-Alin on an 1891 map

Mountain ranges of China
Geography of China
Northwest China	Altai Mountains Dzungarian Alatau Tian Shan Borohoro Mountains Tarbagatai Mountains Kunlun Mountains Altyn-Tagh Qilian Mountains Helan Mountains
Qinghai-Tibet and Southwest China	Himalayas Transhimalaya Pamir Mountains Karakoram Argu Tagh Yengisogat Kunlun Mountains Hoh Xil Bayan Har Mountains Amne Machin Tanggula Mountains Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains Hengduan Mountains Gaoligong Mountains Yunling Mountains Ailao Mountains Qionglai Mountains Daxue Mountains Min Mountains
Northeast China	Greater Khingan Lesser Khingan Changbai Mountains Wanda Mountains Qian Mountains
Northern China	Yin Mountains Lang Mountains Lüliang Mountains Taihang Mountains Zhongtiao Mountains Qinling Dabie Mountains Mount Tai
Central China	Daba Mountains Wudang Mountains Jingshan Mountains Dabie Mountains Luoxiao Mountains Jiuling Mountains Mufu Mountains Wugong Mountains Huangshan Tianmu Mountain Wuling Mountains Xuefeng Mountains Yandang Mountains Wuyi Mountains
Southern China	Cang Mountain Daliang Mountains Dalou Mountains Nanling Mountains Jiuyi Mountains Yuecheng Mountains Longmen Mountains Western Mountains
Landforms of China

Heilongjiang topics
Harbin (capital)
General	History Politics Economy
Geography	Cities Greater Khingan mountain range Lesser Khingan mountain range Wanda Mountains Huma River Muling River Naoli River Songhua River Nen River Mudan River Amur River
Education	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Normal University Harbin University of Science and Technology Heilongjiang University Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Forestry University
Visitor attractions	Diaoshuilou Falls Lake Xingkai Jingpo Lake Mudan River Zhalong Nature Reserve
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Lesser Khingan

See also