Yan Mountains

E62009

mountain range

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.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain range →
chineseName	燕山 →
contains	Great Wall of China sections → Gubeikou Pass → Shanhaiguan Pass vicinity →
country	China →
dominantRockType	granite → limestone →
elevation	2118 m →
extendsThrough	Beijing → Hebei →
extendsToward	Liaoning →
formsNaturalBarrierBetween	North China Plain and Mongolian Plateau →
formsWatershedFor	Hai River basin → Luan River basin →
geologicalAge	Mesozoic →
geologicalType	fold mountains →
hasEconomicActivity	mining → quarrying →
hasHighestPoint	Wuling Mountain →
hasPass	Gubeikou → Shanhaiguan region → 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 → Hebei Province → Tianjin Municipality → Yan Mountains → northern China →
near	Bohai Sea →
northOf	Beijing →
orogeny	Yanshanian orogeny →
partOf	East Asia → Northern China mountain systems →
romanization	Yanshan →
runsFrom	near Beijing →
runsTo	Liaoning Province →
separates	Mongolian Plateau → North China Plain →
southOf	Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region →
usedFor	forestry → grazing → tourism →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Juyongguan → Wuling Mountain →	locatedIn
Yan Mountains ("燕山") →	chineseName
North China →	contains
Hebei →	hasMountainRange
Shanhaiguan Pass →	locatedNear
Yan Mountains ("Yanshan") →	romanization