Nan Mountains
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English
Etymology
Partial calque from Mandarin 南嶺／南岭 (Nánlǐng).
Pronunciation
- enPR: nänʹ
Proper noun
Nan Mountains pl (plural only)
- A group of mountain ranges in South China running through Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hunan.
- 2008, The Britannica Guide to Modern China, Running Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 14:
- The Nan Mountains (Nan Ling) are composed of many ranges running from north-east to south-west. These ranges form the watershed between the Yangtze to the north and the Pearl (Zhu) River to the south. The main peaks along the watershed are above 5,000 feet (1,500 metres), and some are more than 6,500 feet (2,000 metres). But a large part of the land to the south of the Nan Mountains is also hilly; flatland does not exceed 10 per cent of the total area.
- 2011, Kenneth Pletcher, editor, The Geography of China, Britannica Educational Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 341:
- Together with the Guangxi region, Guangdong is clearly separated from the Yangtze River basin by the Nan Mountains, the southernmost of the major Chinese mountain ranges running from east to west.
Synonyms
Translations
mountain ranges in South China running through Guangxi, Guangdong and Hunan
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Further reading
- Nan Mountains, in Encyclopædia Britannica
- “Nan Mountains” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Nanling”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2116, column 2