Da Hinggan Ling or Great Khingan , mountain range, Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, NE China, extending c.750 mi (1,210 km) from the Amur River south to the Liao River; the highest point is 5,657 ft (1,724 m). The range forms the eastern edge of the Mongolian Plateau. Heavily forested, it has some of China's richest timber resources. The Xiao Hinggan Ling (Lesser Khingan), Heilongjiang prov., is a continuation of the Bureya range in Siberian Russia. It extends c.400 mi (640 km) NE from the Songhua River and is linked to the Da Hinggan by the Yilehuli (Ilkuri) range, N Heilongjiang prov.
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Early Devonian gastropods from Zhusilenghaierhan Region, Western Inner Mongolia, China
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... is distributed in northeastern China, mainly in Da Hinggan Ling, Xiao Hinggan Ling and Changbai Mountain in Heilongjiang, and in Jilin ... University for Nationalities, 27 Zhongguancun Nan-da-jie, Beijing 100081, China; e-mail:mengxiuxiang2006 ...
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