Yun Range

{{Short description|Mountain range in Yunnan, China}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Yun Range | image = | image_caption = | country = {{enum|China}} | parent = Hengduan Mountains | location = | label = Yun Range | region_type = Provinces | region = {{enum|Sichuan|Yunnan|Tibet Autonomous Region}} | geology = | orogeny = | length_km = | length_orientation = | width_km = | width_orientation = | highest = Shanzidou, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain | elevation_m = | range_coordinates = | coordinates = {{coord|27.098|N|100.177|E|region:CN-13_type:mountain_source:kolossus-dewiki||display=inline,title}} | map = | map_caption = }}

The '''Yun Range''' ({{zh|c=雲嶺 |p=Yún Lǐng |l=Cloudy Peaks}}) are a mountain range running north–south in northwestern Yunnan province, China. They were formerly romanized as the '''Yun Ling''' and tautologically as the '''Yun-ling Mountains'''. The Yun Range runs between the Lancang River (Mekong) to the west and Jinsha River (Yangtze) to the east. The range is a major component of the greater Hengduan Mountains.<ref name="atlas">{{cite book |author= |title=Atlas of China |location=Beijing, China |publisher=SinoMaps Press |date=2006 |isbn=9787503141782}}</ref>

In historic times, the Yun Ling referred more broadly to all mountains south and west of the Sichuan Basin. At times, the name was applied to the Min Mountains, Qionglai Mountains, Daxue Mountains and other ranges in the Hengduan Mountains. In this context the province of Yunnan, meaning "south of cloud [mountains]", was named after the Yun Range.<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica">{{cite web|last1=Kuo|first1=Ping-chia|last2=Suettinger|first2=Robert Lee|title=Yunnan|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Yunnan|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.|access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref>

The Yunling Mountains Nature Reserve in Lanping County in Nujiang Prefecture is part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/pdf/THREE%20RIVERS%20YUNNAN.pdf|title=THREE PARALLEL RIVERS OF YUNNAN PROTECTED AREAS : YUNNAN, CHINA|access-date=8 November 2021|archive-date=14 January 2009|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090114211245/http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/pdf/THREE%20RIVERS%20YUNNAN.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a habitat for the endangered black snub-nosed monkey.

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==External links== *{{in lang|zh}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090802141917/http://www.newyn.com.cn/Dest/D00000011026.html Yunling Mountains] *[http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=11400000.3434508&Y=2900000.6340061&width=700&height=400&gride=11432734.3434508&gridn=2863923.6340061&srec=0&coordsys=mercator&db=w3&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&zm=0&scale=4000000&upleft.x=7&upleft.y=7 Yun Ling at Multimap]

Category:Mountain ranges of Yunnan Category:World Heritage Sites in China