Lesser Khingan

Lesser Khingan
Lesser Khingan
小兴安岭 / Малый Хинган
	Larch taiga on the slopes of the Lesser Khingan
Highest point
Peak	Pingdingshan
Elevation	1,429 m (4,688 ft)
Coordinates	48°47′30″N 127°12′30″E / 48.79167°N 127.20833°E
Dimensions
Length	500 km (310 mi) SW/NE
Width	70 km (43 mi) NW/SE
Geography
	Lesser Khingan Location in Heilongjiang
Country	China and Russia
Federal subject	Heilongjiang (China); Jewish Autonomous Oblast; and Amur Oblast (Russia);
Range coordinates	48°30′N 130°0′E / 48.500°N 130.000°E
Geology
Type of rock	Conglomerate, basalt
Climbing
Easiest route	From Hegang or Birobidzhan

Lesser Khingan (Chinese: 小兴安岭; pinyin: Xiǎo Xīng'ān Lǐng; Russian: Малый Хинган, Maly Khingan) is a mountain range in China's Heilongjiang province and the adjacent parts of Russia's Amur Oblast and Jewish Autonomous Oblast.^[3]

In Russia, the range is part of the Khingan Nature Reserve.

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^ Малый Хинган; Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. — Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (in Russian)