The Yun Range () are a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
running north–south in northwestern
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...
province,
China. They were
formerly romanized as the Yun Ling and
tautologically as the Yun-ling Mountains. The Yun Range runs between the
Lancang River
The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth longest river and the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annuall ...
(Mekong) to the west and
Jinsha River
The Jinsha River (, Tibetan: Dri Chu, འབྲི་ཆུ) is the Chinese name for the upper stretches of the Yangtze River. It flows through the provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan in western China. The river passes through Tiger L ...
(Yangtze) to the east. The range is a major component of the greater
Hengduan Mountains.
In historic times, the Yun Ling referred more broadly to all mountains south and west of the
Sichuan Basin
The Sichuan Basin (), formerly transliterated as the Szechwan Basin, sometimes called the Red Basin, is a lowland region in southwestern China. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides and is drained by the upper Yangtze River and its tributar ...
. At times, the name was applied to the
Min Mountains
Min Mountains or Minshan () are a mountain range in central China. It runs in the general north-south direction through northern Sichuan (the eastern part of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture and adjacent areas of Mianyang Prefec ...
,
Qionglai Mountains,
Daxue Mountains
Daxue may refer to:
* Daxue (solar term) (大雪), 21st solar term in traditional East Asian calendars
*''Da Xue'', or ''Great Learning
The ''Great Learning'' or ''Daxue'' was one of the "Four Books" in Confucianism attributed to one of Confu ...
and other ranges in the Hengduan Mountains. In this context the province of Yunnan, meaning "south of cloud
ountains, was named after the Yun Range.
The Yunling Mountains Nature Reserve in
Lanping County
Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County (; Bai: Ketdant Baifcuf Pupmipcuf zibzibxiand) is located in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.
Administrative divisions
Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County has 4 towns and 4 tow ...
in
Nujiang Prefecture is part of the
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
The Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas () is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Yunnan province, China. It lies within the drainage basins of the upper reaches of the Jinsha (Yangtze), Lancang (Mekong) and Nujiang ( Salween) rivers, in ...
and a habitat for the endangered
black snob-nosed monkey. DuckLord-w- Here reaper_03 -w- Here
References
External links
Yunling MountainsYun Ling at Multimap
Mountain ranges of Yunnan
World Heritage Sites in China
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