Jiuling Mountains

Jiuling Mountains

▪ mountains, China
Chinese (Pinyin)  Jiuling Shan , or  (Wade-Giles romanization)  Chiu-ling Shan 

      range in northern Jiangxi (Kiangsi) province, china. The range runs southwest-northeast from east of Changsha in Hunan province to the valley of the Xiu River west of Lake Poyang (Poyang, Lake), a distance of some 155 miles (250 km). It lies south of, and parallel to, the Mufu Mountains, from which it is separated by the valley of the Xiu River. Unlike the Mufu Mountains, which form a continuous ridge, the Jiuling Mountains are much more complex, being formed of two or three parallel ridges with an identical southwest-northeast orientation. Most of the ridges are about 3,300 feet (1,000 metres) in elevation, though several peaks in the central range reach 4,250 to 4,600 feet (1,300 to 1,400 metres), and Mounts Wumei and Gaoshan are above 5,250 feet (1,600 metres). The mountain terrain is extremely rugged and heavily forested. The area is sparsely populated and produces chiefly timber and forest products, though there is also some tea production.

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