The
Yin Mountains are mountains in the
steppeIn physical geography, a steppe is a biome region characterised by grassland plain without trees . The prairie can be considered a steppe. It may be semi-desert, or covered with grass or shrubs or both, depending on the season and latitude...
forming the southern border of the eastern
Gobi DesertThe Gobi is the largest desert region in Asia. It covers parts of northern and northwestern China, and of southern Mongolia...
of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, as well as the northern part of
Hebei' is a northern province of the People's Republic of China. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province , a Han Dynasty province that included southern Hebei...
province.
The range stretches for about 1,000 km, beginning in the south-west as
Lang ShanThe Lang Shan form the southwestern part of the Yin Shan range of Inner Mongolia.The Huhebashige peak at rises to 2320 m....
at the northern loop of the
Yellow RiverThe Yellow River or Huang He / Hwang Ho is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest in the world at 5,464 kilometers . Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine provinces of China and empties into the Bohai Sea...
, rising to some 2300 m above
LinheLinhe is a District with 186,000 inhabitants under the administration of Baynnur, Inner Mongolia, situated at the northern loop of the Yellow River, south of the Lang Shan range ....
, falling to a more modest 1500 m north of Wuyuan, and widening to a broad highland north of
BaotouBaotou is a prefecture-level city and the largest city in Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. The city's Mongolian name means "place with deer", and an alternate name in Chinese is "Deer City" .-Administrative divisions:...
, stretching north-east as far as Jehol.
Chinese sources of 200 BCE report that the range was a stronghold of the
XiongnuThe Xiongnu were a confederation of nomadic tribes from Central Asia with a ruling class of unknown origin and other subjugated tribes. The bulk of information on the Xiongnu comes from Chinese sources. What little is known of their titles and names comes from Chinese transliterations from their...
ruler
Modu ShanyuModu Chanyu also sometimes also transcribed Modun and Maodun - was born c. 234 BCE and became the founder of the Xiongnu Empire after he killed his father in 209 BCE...
.
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The
Yin Mountains are mountains in the
steppeIn physical geography, a steppe is a biome region characterised by grassland plain without trees . The prairie can be considered a steppe. It may be semi-desert, or covered with grass or shrubs or both, depending on the season and latitude...
forming the southern border of the eastern
Gobi DesertThe Gobi is the largest desert region in Asia. It covers parts of northern and northwestern China, and of southern Mongolia...
of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, as well as the northern part of
Hebei' is a northern province of the People's Republic of China. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province , a Han Dynasty province that included southern Hebei...
province.
The range stretches for about 1,000 km, beginning in the south-west as
Lang ShanThe Lang Shan form the southwestern part of the Yin Shan range of Inner Mongolia.The Huhebashige peak at rises to 2320 m....
at the northern loop of the
Yellow RiverThe Yellow River or Huang He / Hwang Ho is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest in the world at 5,464 kilometers . Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine provinces of China and empties into the Bohai Sea...
, rising to some 2300 m above
LinheLinhe is a District with 186,000 inhabitants under the administration of Baynnur, Inner Mongolia, situated at the northern loop of the Yellow River, south of the Lang Shan range ....
, falling to a more modest 1500 m north of Wuyuan, and widening to a broad highland north of
BaotouBaotou is a prefecture-level city and the largest city in Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. The city's Mongolian name means "place with deer", and an alternate name in Chinese is "Deer City" .-Administrative divisions:...
, stretching north-east as far as Jehol.
Chinese sources of 200 BCE report that the range was a stronghold of the
XiongnuThe Xiongnu were a confederation of nomadic tribes from Central Asia with a ruling class of unknown origin and other subjugated tribes. The bulk of information on the Xiongnu comes from Chinese sources. What little is known of their titles and names comes from Chinese transliterations from their...
ruler
Modu ShanyuModu Chanyu also sometimes also transcribed Modun and Maodun - was born c. 234 BCE and became the founder of the Xiongnu Empire after he killed his father in 209 BCE...
. The
QinThe Qin Dynasty was the ruling Chinese dynasty between 221 and 206 BC. The Qin state was named because the people of is homeland were called the qin. The Qin's strength had been consolidated by Lord Shang Yang during the Warring States Period, in the 4th century BC...
and
Han dynastiesThe Han Dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms . It was founded by the peasant rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han. It was briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty of the former regent Wang Mang...
's
Great WallThe Great Wall of China or is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire from Xiongnu attacks during various successive dynasties. Since the...
follows its southern slopes.
Among other things, the range is notable for petroglyphs.