Yun Range

The Yun Range (Chinese: 雲嶺; pinyin: Yún Lǐng; lit. 'Cloudy Peaks') are a mountain range running north–south in northwestern Yunnan province, China. They were formerly romanized as the Yun Ling and tautologically as the Yun-ling Mountains. The Yun Range runs between the Lancang River (Mekong) to the west and Jinsha River (Yangtze) to the east. The range is a major component of the greater Hengduan Mountains.[1]

In historic times, the Yun Ling referred more broadly to all mountains south and west of the Sichuan Basin. At times, the name was applied to the Min Mountains, Qionglai Mountains, Daxue Mountains and other ranges in the Hengduan Mountains. In this context the province of Yunnan, meaning "south of cloud [mountains]", was named after the Yun Range.[2]

The Yunling Mountains Nature Reserve in Lanping County in Nujiang Prefecture is part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas[3] and a habitat for the endangered black snub-nosed monkey.

References

1. Atlas of China. Beijing, China: SinoMaps Press. 2006. ISBN 9787503141782.
2. Kuo, Ping-chia; Suettinger, Robert Lee. "Yunnan". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 27 September 2017.

• Yun Ling at Multimap

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• (in Chinese) Yunling Mountains