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Mount Emei ([ɤ̌.měɪ]; Chinese: 峨眉山 [2]; pinyin: Éméi shān), alternatively Mount Omei, is a 3,099-metre-tall (10,167 ft) mountain in Sichuan Province, China, and is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. [3] Mount Emei sits at the western rim of the Sichuan Basin. The mountains west of it are known as ...
The Daliang Mountains (Chinese: 大涼山; pinyin: Dàliángshān; lit. 'Great Cool Mountains') are in the southern part of the province of Sichuan in China . The Daliang rises above the left bank of the Jinsha (Upper Yangtze ) River, opposite the Wulian Feng in Yunnan Province.
With an elevation of 5,588 metres (18,333 ft) it is the highest peak of the Min Mountains and is Earth's most easterly peak over 5,500 metres (18,000 ft). It is located in Songpan County of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Xuebaoding was first climbed in 1986 by a joint Chinese-Japanese expedition. [2]
The Longquan Mountains (Chinese: 龙泉山脉; pinyin: Lóngquán shānmài) are a low-lying range of mountains in Sichuan, China. The mountains are 200 km (120 mi) long, on average 10 km (6.2 mi) wide, and form a ridge-like barrier between the Chengdu Plain and the rest of the Sichuan Basin .
Map of Jiuzhaigou Jiuzhaigou lies at the southern end of the Minshan mountain range , 330 km (205 mi) north of the provincial capital of Chengdu . It is part of the Jiuzhaigou County (formerly Nanping County ) in the Aba Tibetan Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of northwestern Sichuan province, near the Gansu border.
The Daxue Range or Daxue Mountains (Chinese: 大雪山山脉, 大雪山; pinyin: Dàxuě Shān; Wade–Giles: Ta 4-hsüeh 3 Shan 1; lit. 'Great Snow Mountains') are a great mountain range in the western part of Sichuan province in Southwest China .
Pages in category "Mountains of Sichuan" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E. Mount Emei;
The Jinping's vertical relief and the Yalong River's 300 m (980 ft) elevation drop from one side to the other make it an optimal source of hydroelectric energy.The Jinping-I Dam, on the west side of the Jinping Mountains, is the tallest dam in the world at 305 m (1,001 ft) high.