Yunling Mountains

Yunling or Yung-Ling (simplified Chinese: 云岭山脉; traditional Chinese: 雲嶺山脈; pinyin: Yúnlǐng Shānmài) is a mountain range in Lanping, Nujiang, Yunnan province, China, running north and south. They are part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas and form the Yunling Mountains Nature Reserve.[1] It is the home of the endangered Black Snub-nosed Monkey. Its name literally means "mountains of the clouds".

References

  1. ^ http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/pdf/THREE%20RIVERS%20YUNNAN.pdf

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

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