Bayan Har Mountains

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Bāyánkālā Shānmài

"Bayankala" redirects here. For the skincare line, see Bayankala (skincare).

The Bayan Har Mountains, formerly known as the Bayen-káras,^[2] are a mountain range in Tibet, China. It can be viewed as one of the branches of the Kunlun Mountains. It separates the drainage areas of the Yellow River and the Yangtze rivers. The source of the Yellow River is in the basin of Yueguzonglie, which is located in the northern part of the range.^[3]

Notes

↑ Formerly also 巴颜喀喇山脉.^[1]

References

↑ p. 628.
↑ "China" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed. 1878.
↑ "The source of the Yellow River" Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.. Yellow River Conservancy Commission.

External links

"巴颜喀拉山脉" at Baidu Baike (Chinese)

Mountain ranges of China

Geography of China

Northwest China	Altai Mountains Dzungarian Alatau Tian Shan Borohoro Mountains Tarbagatai Mountains Kunlun Mountains Altyn-Tagh Qilian Mountains Helan Mountains

Qinghai-Tibet and Southwest China	Himalayas Transhimalaya Pamir Mountains Karakoram Argu Tagh Yengisogat Kunlun Mountains Hoh Xil Bayan Har Mountains Amne Machin Tanggula Mountains Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains Hengduan Mountains Gaoligong Mountains Yunling Mountains Ailao Mountains Qionglai Mountains Daxue Mountains Min Mountains

Northeast China	Greater Khingan Lesser Khingan Changbai Mountains Wanda Mountains Qian Mountains

Northern China	Yin Mountains Lang Mountains Lüliang Mountains Taihang Mountains Zhongtiao Mountains Qin Mountains Dabie Mountains Mount Tai

Central China	Daba Mountains Wudang Mountains Jingshan Mountains Dabie Mountains Luoxiao Mountains Jiuling Mountains Mufu Mountains Wugong Mountains Huangshan Tianmu Mountain Wuling Mountains Xuefeng Mountains Yandang Mountains Wuyi Mountains

Southern China	Cang Mountain Daliang Mountains Dalou Mountains Nanling Mountains Jiuyi Mountains Yuecheng Mountains Longmen Mountains Western Mountains

Landforms of China

Coordinates: 34°42′N 98°13′E / 34.700°N 98.217°E / 34.700; 98.217

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