Greater Khingan

It was originally called the Xianbei Mountains, which later became the name of the northern branch of the Donghu, the Xianbei.

Greater Khingan Range
The Yalu river in the Greater Khingan range
Highest point
Elevation	2,035 m (6,677 ft)
Coordinates	49°22′57″N 123°09′24″E / 49.3823728°N 123.1567383°E / 49.3823728; 123.1567383
Naming
Native name	大兴安岭 (Chinese)
Geography
Greater Khingan Range Located in Northeast China
Geology
Mountain type	Tilted block faulting

The range extends 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) from north to south. It is the watershed between the Nen and Songhua river systems to the east, and the Amur and its tributaries to the northwest.

Its slopes are a relatively rich grazing area. The Khitan people lived on the eastern slopes before establishing the Liao Dynasty in the tenth century. Oroqen, a Tungusic people, live along the Greater and Lesser Khingan range in northeastern China and belong to the oldest autochthonous populations of the region. On the western slopes lived the nomadic people, who raised sheep and camels and used the Mongolian plateau for their pastoralist economy.

The Greater Khingan Range is a key setting in the science fiction novel The Three-Body Problem (novel) by Chinese author Liu Cixin.

• Daxing'anling Prefecture
• Lesser Khingan
• Xing'an
• Da Hinggan-Dzhagdy Mountains conifer forests

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.