Lesser Khingan
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mountain range in Russia and China
Key facts
- Peak
- Pingdingshan
- Elevation
- 1,429 m (4,688 ft)
- Coordinates
- 48°47′30″N 127°12′30″E / 48.79167°N 127.20833°E / 48.79167; 127.20833
- Length
- 500 km (310 mi) SW/NE
- Width
- 70 km (43 mi) NW/SE
- Countries
- China and Russia
- Federal subject
- Heilongjiang (China) Jewish Autonomous Oblast , and Amur Oblast (Russia)
- Rock type s
- Conglomerate , basalt
- Easiest route
- From Hegang or Birobidzhan
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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 Russia, the range is part of the Khingan Nature Reserve.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lesser Khingan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations