Qilian Mountains

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The Qilian Mountains are a major mountain range in northern China that form part of the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau and serve as an important climatic and ecological boundary in the region.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Qilian Mountains canonical 7
Qilian Shan main peak 1
祁连山 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
biodiversityStatus important habitat for cold-adapted species
borderOf Menyuan Hui Autonomous County
Qilian County
Sun’an County
ChineseName 祁连山
linked to: Qilian Mountains
climate alpine climate
cold semi-arid
climaticRole barrier to moist air masses from the southeast
climatic boundary between arid northwest China and the Tibetan Plateau
conservationStatus contains nature reserves
continent Asia
country China
drainagePattern endorheic and exorheic rivers
ecologicalRole ecological boundary between alpine and desert ecosystems
elevation over 5000 metres
forms northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau
geologicalEra Mesozoic
Paleozoic
geologicalProcess continental collision
hasFeature alpine meadows
coniferous forests
endorheic basins
glaciers
permafrost
highestPoint Qilian Shan main peak
linked to: Qilian Mountains

Tuanjie Peak
historicalSignificance important in Silk Road geography
northern frontier of ancient Chinese states
locatedIn Gansu Province
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Qinghai Province
linked to: Qinghai

northern China
linked to: North China
MongolianName Qilian Uul
linked to: Qílián Shān
mountainRangeType fold mountain range
nameLanguage Chinese
Mongolian
near Hexi Corridor
Qaidam Basin
partOf Altyn-Tagh–Qilian orogenic system
Tibetan Plateau
separates Hexi Corridor
Tibetan Plateau
sourceOfWaterFor Heihe River
linked to: Shiyang River

Hexi Corridor oases
Shiyang River
Shule River
transliteration Qílián Shān

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tibetan Plateau borderedBy Qilian Mountains
Jiayuguan Pass near Qilian Mountains
Gansu Province contains Qilian Mountains
Kunlun Mountains extendsTo Qilian Mountains
Qilian Mountains highestPoint Qilian Shan main peak
linked to: Qilian Mountains
Qilian Mountains ChineseName 祁连山
linked to: Qilian Mountains
Northwest China hasMountainRange Qilian Mountains
Jiayuguan City borderedBy Qilian Mountains
Hexi Corridor boundedBy Qilian Mountains