Bayan Har Mountains

The Bayan Har Mountains, formerly known as the Bayen-káras^[2] or Bayan-Kara-Ula, are a mountain range in Qinghai Province, northwest China. The name is Mongolian for "Rich and Black".^[3] It can be viewed as one of the branches of the Kunlun Mountains. It separates the drainage areas of both the Yellow and the Yangtze rivers. The source of the Yellow River is the Yueguzonglie Basin (Gyaring-Ngoring Lakes), which is located in the northern part of the range.^[4]

The wizard Shang Ko in Barbara Hambly's fantasy Bride of the Rat God (1994) is described by his grandson as "the greatest of the mages of China, the last of the line of sorcerers of the Bayan Har Shan".

The Bayan Har mountain range is also mentioned in the first episode of the anime Ranma ½ (1989), based on the manga series by Rumiko Takahashi, when Ranma and his father take a trip through China in order to perfect their martial training.

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Mountain ranges of China

Geography of China

Northwestern

• Altai Mountains
• Dzungarian Alatau
• Tian Shan
  • Borohoro Mountains
  • Tarbagatai Mountains
• Kunlun Mountains
  • Altyn-Tagh
  • Qilian Mountains
• Helan Mountains
• Liupan Mountains

Qinghai-Tibet
and Southwestern

• 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

• Greater Khingan
• Lesser Khingan
• Changbai Mountains
  • Wanda Mountains
  • Qian Mountains

North and East

• Yin Mountains
  • Lang Mountains
• Lüliang Mountains
• Taihang Mountains
• Zhongtiao Mountains
• Mount Tai
• Tianmu Mountain

• Yandang Mountains
• Wuyi Mountains

Central

• Qinling
• Daba Mountains
• Dabie Mountains
  • Wudang Mountains
  • Jingshan Mountains
• Luoxiao Mountains
  • Jiuling Mountains
  • Mufu Mountains
  • Wugong Mountains
• Huangshan
• Wuling Mountains
• Xuefeng Mountains

South

• Cang Mountain
• Daliang Mountains
• Dalou Mountains
• Nanling Mountains
  • Jiuyi Mountains
  • Yuecheng Mountains
• Longmen Mountains
• Western Mountains

Landforms of China

34°42′N 98°13′E / 34.700°N 98.217°E / 34.700; 98.217

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