Yin Mountains

Yin Mountains

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Chinese (Pinyin and Wade-Giles romanization)  Yin Shan 

      series of ranges in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, northern China. From west to east, it comprises the Lang, Sheyten, Hara-narin, Wula, Daqing, and Damaqun mountains. The Yin Mountains, a divide of internal and external drainage systems in northern China, mostly rise to elevations of about 6,500 feet (2,000 metres). The highest peaks in the southwestern Daqing Mountains reach 7,175 feet (2,187 metres). The subranges run roughly east-west along the northern bend of the Huang He (Yellow River) to the north of the Ordos Plateau. They are sharply tilted, presenting a sharp and abrupt southern slope and a gentle northern slope that merges into the high plateau of the Gobi (desert) to the north. The southern slope drains into the Huang He or into its tributaries, the Dahei to the east and the Wujia to the west. The northern slopes drain northward into the desert; two of the longest of the northward-flowing streams are the Xar Moron (Mongolian Shira Muren) River and Aibugai (Aibag) River.

      The Yin ranges are composed mostly of ancient metamorphic rocks, but particularly in the southern ranges of the Wula and Daqing mountains there are thick layers of sedimentary rocks. These include rich coal beds, and large coal mines are in operation at Shiguaigou to supply power stations as well as the giant iron and steel complex at nearby Baotou, which also draws its supplies of iron ore from the northern part of the Yin Mountains at Bayan Obo. Most of the Yin range is arid, particularly the western subranges, such as the Lang Mountains. In the central and eastern districts the climate is more moist; the vegetation is mostly grassland, with some trees such as birch and elm.

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