Longmen Mountains

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The Longmen Mountains are a prominent mountain range in southwestern China, forming a dramatic topographic boundary between the Tibetan Plateau and the Sichuan Basin and known for their seismic activity and rugged terrain.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Longmen Mountains canonical 3

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
adjacentTo eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
administrativeRegion Sichuan Province ⓘ
associatedWithEvent 2008 Wenchuan earthquake ⓘ
linked to: Sichuan earthquake

2013 Lushan earthquake ⓘ
biodiversity high ⓘ
climate cooler, plateau-influenced on western flank ⓘ
humid subtropical on eastern flank ⓘ
contains Beichuan Fault ⓘ
linked to: Longmenshan Fault

Longmenshan Fault ⓘ
Pengguan Massif ⓘ
country China ⓘ
drainage upper Yangtze River basin ⓘ
earthquakeMagnitudeRange up to magnitude 8 ⓘ
elevation over 4000 metres ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween Sichuan Basin ⓘ
Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
geologicalAge main uplift in late Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalFeature active fault zone ⓘ
hasTopography deep valleys ⓘ
high peaks ⓘ
steep relief ⓘ
hazard landslides ⓘ
rockfalls ⓘ
strong ground shaking ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Xiaogaitou ⓘ
knownFor rugged terrain ⓘ
seismic activity ⓘ
locatedIn Sichuan Province ⓘ
Southwestern China ⓘ
linked to: Southwest China
near Chengdu ⓘ
notableCityNearby Chengdu ⓘ
orogenyType Cenozoic intracontinental orogeny ⓘ
partOf Eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
region eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
rockType igneous rocks ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
separates high Tibetan Plateau from low Sichuan Basin ⓘ
tectonicMovementRate rapid uplift relative to Sichuan Basin ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary zone ⓘ
thrust fault system ⓘ
usedFor geological research ⓘ
seismological research ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

East Asian mountain system → hasMajorRange → Longmen Mountains ⓘ
Chengdu Plain → borderedBy → Longmen Mountains ⓘ
Sichuan Basin → surroundedBy → Longmen Mountains ⓘ