Bayan Har Mountains

Bayan Har Mountains
Bayan Har Mountains
Simplified Chinese	巴颜喀拉山脉
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Bāyánkālā Shānmài

The Bayan Har Mountains, formerly known as the Bayen-káras,^[2] are a mountain range in Tibet, China. It can be viewed as one of the branches of the Kunlun Mountains. It separates the drainage areas of the Yellow River and the Yangtze rivers. The source of the Yellow River is in the basin of Yueguzonglie, which is located in the northern part of the range.^[3]

Notes

^ Formerly also 巴颜喀喇山脉.^[1]

References

^ p. 628.
^ "China" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed. 1878.
^ "The source of the Yellow River" Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Yellow River Conservancy Commission.

External links

"巴颜喀拉山脉" at Baidu Baike Template:Zh icon

34°42′N 98°13′E / 34.700°N 98.217°E / 34.700; 98.217

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[2] Formerly also 巴颜喀喇山脉.^[1]

[1] . 628.

[3] "China" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed. 1878.

[4] "The source of the Yellow River" Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Yellow River Conservancy Commission.

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v t e Mountain ranges of China
Geography of China
Northwestern	Altai Mountains Dzungarian Alatau Tian Shan Borohoro Mountains Tarbagatai Mountains Kunlun Mountains Altyn-Tagh Qilian Mountains Helan Mountains Liupan Mountains
Qinghai-Tibet and Southwestern	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	Greater Khingan Lesser Khingan Changbai Mountains Wanda Mountains Qian Mountains
North and East	Yin Mountains Lang Mountains Lüliang Mountains Taihang Mountains Zhongtiao Mountains Mount Tai Tianmu Mountain Yandang Mountains Wuyi Mountains
Central	Qinling Daba Mountains Dabie Mountains Wudang Mountains Jingshan Mountains Luoxiao Mountains Jiuling Mountains Mufu Mountains Wugong Mountains Huangshan Wuling Mountains Xuefeng Mountains
South	Cang Mountain Daliang Mountains Dalou Mountains Nanling Mountains Jiuyi Mountains Yuecheng Mountains Longmen Mountains Western Mountains
Landforms of China