Lüliang Mountains

Lüliang Mountains
The Lüliang Mountains in 2009. To its east lie the Fen River valley, the Taihangs, and the North China Plain, here filled with pollution.
Traditional Chinese	呂梁山脈
Simplified Chinese	吕梁山脉
Literal meaning	Spiny Ridge Mountain Range
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǚliáng Shānmài

The Lüliang Mountains are a mountain range in central China, dividing Shanxi's Fen River valley from the Yellow River. The range forces the Yellow River southwards on the eastern side of the Ordos Loop but tapers off to the south, where the Fen turns west to join the Yellow River before the Qin Mountains turn the combined river sharply eastward at its confluence with the Wei at Tongguan in Shaanxi.

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  A Shang-era bronze alligator discovered in the Lüliang Range

See also

• Taihang Mountains in eastern Shanxi, dividing the Fen valley from the North China Plain
• Greater Khingan in Manchuria, which runs south form the Taihang and Lüliang
• Tongguan and Hangu Pass, passes between the Lüliang foothills and the Qin Mountains

Mountain ranges of China
Geography of China
Northwest China	Altai Mountains Dzungarian Alatau Tian Shan Borohoro Mountains Tarbagatai Mountains Kunlun Mountains Altyn-Tagh Qilian Mountains Helan Mountains
Qinghai-Tibet and Southwest China	Himalayas Transhimalaya Pamir Mountains Karakoram Argu Tagh Yengisogat Kunlun Mountains Hoh Xil Bayan Har Mountains Amne Machin Tanggula Mountains Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains Hengduan Mountains Gaoligong Mountains Yunling Mountains Ailao Mountains Qionglai Mountains Daxue Mountains Min Mountains
Northeast China	Greater Khingan Lesser Khingan Changbai Mountains Wanda Mountains Qian Mountains
Northern China	Yin Mountains Lang Mountains Lüliang Mountains Taihang Mountains Zhongtiao Mountains Qin Mountains Dabie Mountains Mount Tai
Central China	Daba Mountains Wudang Mountains Jingshan Mountains Dabie Mountains Luoxiao Mountains Jiuling Mountains Mufu Mountains Wugong Mountains Huangshan Tianmu Mountain Wuling Mountains Xuefeng Mountains Yandang Mountains Wuyi Mountains
Southern China	Cang Mountain Daliang Mountains Dalou Mountains Nanling Mountains Jiuyi Mountains Yuecheng Mountains Longmen Mountains Western Mountains
Landforms of China

Coordinates: 37°53′55″N 111°29′31″E / 37.8985°N 111.4919°E / 37.8985; 111.4919