Nan Mountains

English Etymology en cmn - 南嶺. Pronunciation nän Proper noun p Nan Mountains A group of mountain ranges in South China running through Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hunan. en 1869 January Notes Illustrative of the Map of China. The Missionary Herald LXV I https://archive.org/details/missionaryherald651amer/page/1/ 416582686 2 https://archive.org/details/missionaryherald651amer/page/2/ In the lowlands which lie between the Pé, or North Mountains, and the Nan, or South Mountains, run the lower courses of the two great rivers, twin giants they might be termed, the Hwangho and the Yangtszkiang. Here, too, are the most fertile and the most densely-peopled provinces of China. South of the Nan Mountains runs the Si, West, or Pearl River. en 2008 The Britannica Guide to Modern China https://archive.org/details/britannicaguidet0000unse/ w:Running Press 978-0-7624-3367-4 2007936627 757345505 22997064M 14 https://archive.org/details/britannicaguidet0000unse/page/14/ The Nan Mountains (Nan Ling) are composed of many ranges running from north-east to south-west. These ranges form the watershed between the Yangtze to the north and the Pearl (Zhu) River to the south. The main peaks along the watershed are above 5,000 feet (1,500 metres), and some are more than 6,500 feet (2,000 metres). But a large part of the land to the south of the Nan Mountains is also hilly; flatland does not exceed 10 per cent of the total area. en 2011 Kenneth Pletcher The Geography of China https://archive.org/details/geographyofchina0000unse/ w:Britannica Educational Publishing 978-1-61530-134-8 2010002170 705979105 341 https://archive.org/details/geographyofchina0000unse/page/341/ Together with the Guangxi region, Guangdong is clearly separated from the Yangtze River basin by the Nan Mountains, the southernmost of the major Chinese mountain ranges running from east to west. Synonyms Nanling Mountains Translations mountain ranges in South China running through Guangxi, Guangdong and Hunan Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 南嶺 Nánlǐng, cmn 南嶺山脈 Nánlǐng shānmài Finnish: fi Eteläinen vuorijono French: fr German: de Nanling-Gebirge n Portuguese: pt Russian: ru Ю́жно-Кита́йские го́ры f-p Spanish: es Further reading Nan Mountains, in Encyclopædia Britannica en 1998 Nanling Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2116 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/2116/ 2 en Mountains Places in China