The Taishan Mountains,

One of the largest mountains ranges in Asia, has rich deposits of coal, rock salt and lands. the Tianjin range runs across the middle of Xinjiang to divide it into the Jungian and Tiram basins. extending as far west as the Central Asian part of soviet Union and east to the Gansu-xinjiang border, the rang has a total length of 2,500K.ms. of which 1,500 k.ms are on Chinese territory. Betwen 250 and300 k. m. wide from north to south, it includes several mountain chains running parallel west to east at an elevation of 3,000 to 5,000 m. Higher in the west then in the east, it has two famous passes in its eastern section linking the northern and southern parts of Xinjiang. One is Dabancheng, which leads the lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway to the city of Urumqi in the northwest; and the other is Qijiaojing northwest of Hami. The Tianshan range has many high, snow-covered peaks, notably Hantengri (6,995 metres) and Tomur (7,435 m.) and it its numerous glaciers provide headstreams for many rivers. there are many interments basins, the best-known being, from west to east, the Ili, Yanqi, Turpan and Hami basins. air currents from the Arctic Ocean make the northern slopes. of the Tunisian range more moist then the southern ones. The northern slopes have dense spruce forest, while mountain grasslands dominate the southern slopes.

The nanling Mountains,

A general term for all the mountains on the Guangzi-Guangdung and Human-Jiang xi borders, extend from west to east for more than pangling, Mengxhuling, Qitianling and Kayuling mountains. As a matter of fact, the Maling range also includes the Jiulian Mountains on the Jiangxi-Guangdong border. Each of the ridges is separate from the other southwest direction,but as they range one beside the viewed as a whole. Among the mountains are many north- south communication since ancient times. Though not high (about 1,0000metres above sea level),the Nanling range is a natural dividing line in southern China,separating the Changjiang River from the Xhujiang. its aerating the Changjiang River from the Zhujiang. Its southern and northern slopes present entirely different scenes. Crops grow lush and green in all four seasons in the southern slopes, where it is warm from one end of the year to the other; while in the north it is cold and often snows in winter.

The Qinling Mountains

Extending about 1500 kilometres across central China from the Gansu- Qinghai border in the west through Shaanxi to central Henan in the east, from a natural dividing line between China's sub-tropical and warm-temperate zones. The mountain range embraces a series of mountains ,including the Xiqing Minshan Dieshan, Zhongnan, Huashan, Xiaoshan, Songshan and Funiu.The western slopes are steep while the eastern slopes rise more gently. A geographical divede between norht and south, it is the watershed of the Weihe Huaihe and the Hanjiang ,Jialing drainatge the section rising 2,000-3,000metres above sea level in Sanax whose main peak is the majestic, 3,767-metre-high Mount Taibai.
The Qinling range has vital bearing on the country's climate. While making it difficult for moist ocean air currents to penetrate deep into the northwest in summer. it also keeps the cold norther air from descending farther south in winter. The revers south of it have a much bigger flow than the rivers to its north.

The Ynshan Mountains

Run west-east in the middle of inner Mongolia composed of the longish and Ula mountains in the west; the daring and and Huitengliang mountains in the middle; the Liangcheng and Huashan mountains in the south ;and the Domaqun Mountains in the east. It is 1200 kilometres long from west to east 50-100 kilometres wide from north to south and 1000-2000 metres above sea level. Its main peak rises in the north of salami 2850 metres above sea level. the Yinshan Mountain area is an important dividing line in topography, climate, farming and stockbreeding. It is a watershed between interior and exterior drainage basins. North of it is the Inner Mongolia Plateau, a pastoral area, and to its south is the fertile Hetao Plain, an agricultural region. Part of the Great Wall is built along the Yinshan Mountains.

The Greater HInggan MOuntains,

also called west Hinggan Mountains, are the country's leading natural force area. Situated in northeast Inner Mongolia, the Greater Hinggan range is an important natural geographical dividing line between the Eastern coast and the northwestern inland regions. A watershed of the Inner Mongolia Plateau and the Songliao Plain, the Greater Hinggan range - 200-300 kilometeres wide - starts from the banks of the Heilng River in the south to the upper reaches of the Xilamulun River in the south, running 1200 kilometres in a northeast-southwest direction. The Greater Hinggan range is not is not high- 1500 metres above sea level - with its main peak, Mount Huanggangliang, reaching an elevation of 2029 metres. The mountain tops are round and the Eastern slopes steeper then the Western ones. though not so much a windbreak as the Qinling range in central China, it still influences the climate in the area since the summer monsoons blown over long distances from the southeastern coast are blocked by the mountains here from penetrating farther into the northwest. The Western section of the range, therefore, is dry, while its eastern section is humid and covered with dense woods.

The Kunlun Mountain

Known as the '' Spine of Asia" tower north of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 6000 metres above sea level, starting from the Pamirs plateau in the west and extending 2500 kilometres eastward along the boundary of Xinjiang and Tibet. viewed from a distance, the snow-covered peaks of the Kunlun Mountains crisscrossed by glaciers look like a huge silvery dragon wreathed in clouds. In sporing, when the ice and snow being to melt on such imposing peaks as Muztag (7723 metres ), Muzatagata (7546 metres) and Kongur (7719 metres) streams of melt-water flow over the dry land of northwest china and into the changing and Huanghe rivers.
The Kunlun range as it runs east splits into three branches: the Altun range, which becommes the Qilian Mountains ; the Qimantang range; and the Hohxil range, which becomes the Bayanhar range. The Xinjiang-Tibet Highway crosses the western part of the Kunlun Mountain Area