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 (10)

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 (30)

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 ⓘ
Qaidam Basin → borderedBy → Qilian Mountains ⓘ
Qaidam Basin → locatedNear → Qilian Mountains ⓘ
Badain Jaran Desert → borderedBy → Qilian Mountains (to the south) ⓘ
linked to: Qilian Mountains
Zhangye → elevationFeature → Qilian Mountains (nearby) ⓘ
linked to: Qilian Mountains
Xining Basin → surroundedBy → Qilian Mountains (regionally) ⓘ
linked to: Qilian Mountains
Altyn Tagh Fault → terminatesNear → Qilian Shan ⓘ
linked to: Qilian Mountains
Tuanjie Peak → partOf → Qilian Mountains ⓘ
Tuanjie Peak → locatedIn → Qilian Mountains ⓘ
Tuanjie Peak → mountainRange → Qilian Mountains ⓘ
Tuanjie Peak → highestPointOf → Qilian Mountains ⓘ
Qilian County → locatedInMountainRange → Qilian Mountains ⓘ
Qílián Shān → highestPoint → Qilian Shan main peak ⓘ
linked to: Qilian Mountains
Qílián Shān → romanization → Qilian Shan ⓘ
linked to: Qilian Mountains
Menyuan Hui Autonomous County → hasTourismAttraction → Qilian Mountain scenery ⓘ
linked to: Qilian Mountains
Sun’an County → locatedIn → Qilian Mountains region ⓘ
linked to: Qilian Mountains
Sun’an County → hasGeographicalFeature → Qilian Mountains ⓘ
Sun’an County → borderingFeature → Qilian Mountains ⓘ
Shiyang River → sourceRegion → Qilian Mountains ⓘ
Shiyang River → flowsFrom → southern Qilian Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Qilian Mountains
Shule River → sourceLocation → Qilian Mountains ⓘ