{{Short description|Mountain range in northern China}} {{chinese | image = File:呼和浩特北面的大青山(阴山山脉) - panoramio.jpg | caption = Daqing Shan seen from Hohhot to its south | s = {{linktext|阴山}} | t = {{linktext|陰山}} | p = Yīnshān <br> Yīnshān | w = Yin-shan <br> Yin Shan | psp = | l = Yin{{nbsp}}Mountain(s) | altname = Daqing Mountains | c2 = {{linktext|大青山}} | p2 = Daqingshan | l2 = Great Blue or Green Mountain(s) }} The '''Yin Mountains''', also known as the '''Daqing Mountains''',{{Efn|Variably called '''Yin Shan''', '''Yinshan''', '''Daqing Shan'''}} are a mountain range in the Eastern Gobi Desert steppe of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China.<ref name="brit">{{Cite web |title=Yin Mountains {{!}} Himalayas, Tibet, Plateau {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Yin-Mountains |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> The Yellow River borders the mountains to the south.<ref>{{Citation |last=Hou |first=Renzhi |title=Symposium on Chinese Historical Geography |date=2014-11-21 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SMaPBQAAQBAJ&dq=%2522Yin+Mountains%2522&pg=PA117 |access-date=2023-09-28 |publisher=Springer |language=en |isbn=978-3-662-45272-1}}</ref><ref name="brit"/>
==Geology== The mountains are mainly composed of very old metamorphic rock.<ref name="brit"/>
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{{Mountain ranges of China}} {{coord|41|N|112|E|region:CN_type:mountain_dim:500000|display=title}}
Category:Mountain ranges of China Category:Mountain ranges of Inner Mongolia Category:Mountains of Hebei Category:Gobi Desert
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