The Wulian Feng () are a mountain range in

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, forming the northwest edge of the Yungui Plateau. The mountains are more of an

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than a true mountain range, towering above the right bank of the

Jinsha River The Jinsha River (, Tibetan: Dri Chu, འབྲི་ཆུ) is the Chinese name for the upper stretches of the Yangtze River. It flows through the provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan in western China. The river passes through Tiger L ...

as it enters the

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and becomes the

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. From the Jinsha River floor, the Wulian Feng rise over in less than forming impressive peak-like characteristics and thus leading to their name. They run entirely in Zhaotong Prefecture from the Jigongshan Grand Canyon of

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in the southwest to Suijiang County in the northeast. The northern portion of the Wulian Feng exhibit more mountain-like characteristics as the Yungui Plateau is broken up here and valleys cut between the mountain peaks. Wulianfeng2

The highest point of the range is the -high summit of Dashanbao () in the south which rises dramatically from the west but rises only a mere from the east. Mount Yao, across the Niulan River to the southwest, is even higher at above sea level, but is not considered part of the Wulian Feng. Dashanbao Nature Reserve, at the height of the Wulian Feng, is an important

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wintering site.

References

{{reflist Mountain ranges of Yunnan Geography of Zhaotong