Longmen Mountains

E344958

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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
adjacentTo eastern Tibetan Plateau
administrativeRegion Sichuan Province
associatedWithEvent Sichuan earthquake
surface form: 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

2013 Lushan earthquake
biodiversity high
climate cooler, plateau-influenced on western flank
humid subtropical on eastern flank
contains Longmenshan Fault
surface form: Beichuan 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
Southwest China
surface form: Southwestern 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

How these facts were elicited

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