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.