Yan Mountains

E62009

The Yan Mountains are a major mountain range in northern China that form a natural barrier between the North China Plain and the Mongolian Plateau.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Yan Mountains canonical 18
Yanshan Mountains 2
Yan Mountains region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
chineseName 燕山
linked to: Yan Mountains
contains Great Wall of China sections
linked to: Great Wall of China

Gubeikou Pass
Shanhaiguan Pass vicinity
linked to: Shanhaiguan Pass
country China
dominantRockType granite
limestone
elevation 2118 m
extendsThrough Beijing
Hebei
extendsToward Liaoning
formsNaturalBarrierBetween North China Plain and Mongolian Plateau
formsWatershedFor Hai River basin
linked to: Hai River

Luan River basin
linked to: Luan River
geologicalAge Mesozoic
linked to: Mesozoic Era
geologicalType fold mountains
hasEconomicActivity mining
quarrying
hasHighestPoint Wuling Mountain
hasPass Gubeikou
Shanhaiguan region
linked to: Shanhaiguan Pass

Xifengkou
hasScenicArea Wuling Mountain Scenic Area
hasVegetationType shrubland
temperate deciduous forest
importantFor military defense in imperial China
transportation corridors between north China and Inner Mongolia
influencesClimateOf North China Plain
locatedIn Beijing Municipality
linked to: Beijing

Hebei Province
linked to: Hebei

Tianjin Municipality
linked to: Tianjin

Yan Mountains
northern China
linked to: North China
near Bohai Sea
northOf Beijing
orogeny Yanshanian orogeny
partOf East Asia
Northern China mountain systems
linked to: North China
romanization Yanshan
linked to: Yan Mountains
runsFrom near Beijing
runsTo Liaoning Province
linked to: Liaoning
separates Mongolian Plateau
North China Plain
southOf Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
usedFor forestry
grazing
tourism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

North China contains Yan Mountains
Hebei hasMountainRange Yan Mountains
Wuling Mountain locatedIn Yan Mountains
subject linked to: Yan Mountains
Yan Mountains chineseName 燕山
linked to: Yan Mountains
Yan Mountains romanization Yanshan
linked to: Yan Mountains
Shanhaiguan Pass locatedNear Yan Mountains
Juyongguan locatedIn Yan Mountains
Kalgan locatedNear Yanshan Mountains
linked to: Yan Mountains
Wuling Mountain partOf Yan Mountains
Wuling Mountain mountainRange Yan Mountains
Wuling Mountain highestPointOf Yan Mountains
Gubeikou Pass locatedOn Yan Mountains
Yanshanian orogeny affects Yan Mountains
Yanshanian orogeny namedAfter Yan Mountains
Xifengkou locatedIn Yan Mountains
Wuling Mountain Scenic Area locatedIn Yan Mountains
Wuling Mountain Scenic Area partOf Yan Mountains region
linked to: Yan Mountains
Gubeikou locatedOn Yan Mountains
Gubeikou hasViewOf Yan Mountains
Xiaohaituo Mountain area partOf Yan Mountains
Mutianyu village locatedNear Yan Mountains
Jiankou section of the Great Wall locatedIn Yanshan Mountains
linked to: Yan Mountains
Xiaohaituo Mountain partOf Yan Mountains