Lesser Khingan (p=Xiǎo Xīng'ān Lǐng; , Maly Khingan) is a mountain range in China's Heilongjiang province and the adjacent parts of Russia's Amur Oblast and Jewish Autonomous Oblast.[ Малый Хинган; Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 volumes — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd edition - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)]
In Russia, the range is part of the Khingan Nature Reserve.
Geography
In China, the Khingan mountains are divided into the
Greater Khingan and Lesser Khingan. The Lesser Khingan range runs roughly from the northwest to the southeast and separates the valley of the
Amur River from that of the
Nenjiang River. The mountain range then turns toward the east and north-east, entering Russia.
[ Еврейская автономная область - Географическое положение и рельеф] The Amur/Heilongjiang, which is a border river, forms a gorge when crossing the mountain range.
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