The Jingshan or Jing Mountains () are a chain of mountains in the western part of
Nanzhang County
Nanzhang County () is a county of northwestern Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Xiangyang City.
Administrative divisions
Ten towns:
* Chengguan (), Wu'an
Wu'an is a county-level city in the southwest ...
, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China. Stretching for around 150 kilometers, their peaks range in height from 1200 to about 1800 meters above sea level with the highest peak, Mount Julong (), reaching an elevation of 1852 meters.
The Jingshan Mountains can be thought of as the easternmost extension of the
Daba Mountains
The Daba Mountains, also known by their Chinese name as the Dabashan, are a mountain range in Central China between the watersheds of the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers. Part of the larger Qinling mountain range, it cuts through four provinces: Si ...
, separating the basin of the
Han River (a tributary of the
Yangtze
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) in the north from the rest of the Yangtze basin (in the south).
The
River Ju () and
River Zhang (), both tributaries of the
Yangtze River
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as well as the
Han River tributary the
River Man
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() have their source in the Jingshan Mountains.
In ancient times, the Jingshan Mountains were at the heart of the
Zhou Dynasty
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(1046-256 BCE) vassal
State of Chu
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.
Sima Qian
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, ''Records of the Grand Historian
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See also
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Shennongjia
Shennongjia Forestry District () is a county-level administrative unit (a "forestry district") in northwestern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, directly subordinated to the provincial government. It occupies in western Hubei, and, as of ...
Massif - to the west
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Wudang Mountains
The Wudang Mountains () consist of a mountain range in the northwestern part of Hubei, China, just south of Shiyan. They are home to a famous complex of Taoist temples and monasteries associated with the Lord of the North, Xuantian Shangdi. The ...
- to the northwest
References
External links
Mountain ranges of Hubei
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