39°12′N 98°32′E / 39.200°N 98.533°E / 39.200; 98.533 The Qilian Mountains (Tibetan: མདོ་ལ་རིང་མོ), together with the Altyn-Tagh sometimes known as the...

Kunlun to mean the mountain belt that runs across the center of China, that is, Altyn Tagh along with the Qilian and Qin Mountains. Recent sources have...

The Qilian Mountains Conifer Forests ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0517) is an ecoregion that consists of a series of isolated conifer forests on the northern slopes...

Central Asia. It is a string of oases along the northern edges of the Qilian Mountains and Altyn-Tagh, with the high and desolate Tibetan Plateau further...

kilometres (930 mi) further east now known as the Qilian Mountains. The name of the Tannu-Ola mountains in Tuva has the same meaning. The Chinese name Tian...

the Qilian Mountains. names in history are "Lesser Yuezhi“ In the year 121, Huo Qubing went and led his warriors to capture the Qilian Mountains, and...

The Qilian Mountains subalpine meadows ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1015) covers the high meadows and shrubland of the Qilian Mountains, on the northeastern edge...

province. Part of Gansu's territory is located in the Gobi Desert. The Qilian mountains are located in the south of the Province. Gansu has a population of...

Shule, and Tulai Nanshans. The easternmost range is the Qilian Mountains. The line of mountains continues east of the plateau as the Qinling, which separates...

Geopark in 2019. The park is located in the northern foothills of the Qilian Mountains, in the counties of Linze and Sunan, which are under the administration...

largely on meltwater runoffs from the Tianshan, Kunlun and the western Qilian Mountains. The lake measured 3,100 km2 (1,200 sq mi) in 1928, but has dried up...

metres (16,000 ft) as it meets the Qilian Mountains. There are a dearth of rivers and streams in these mountains, due to the aridity of the region. The...

basins and low mountains lying between the Gobi Altai range on the north, the Helan Mountains to the southeast, and the Qilian Mountains and northeastern...

2nd century BC to the 5th century AD. The Wusun originally lived between the Qilian Mountains and Dunhuang (Gansu) near the Yuezhi. Around 176 BC the Xiongnu raided...

up Qilian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Qilian may refer to: Qilian (祁连) Qilian County, in Qinghai, China Qilian Mountains (Tsilien Mountains), in...

edge the Sichuan Basin; north – the Qilian Mountains, Kunlun Mountains, Tian Shan ranges and (arguably) Altai Mountains as well as parts of the Mongolian...

monarchy established by the nomadic peoples related to the Xianbei in the Qilian Mountains and upper Yellow River valley, in modern Qinghai, China. After the...

animal species. The mountains of southwest China are also designated as a biodiversity hotspot. In Southeastern Asia, high mountain ranges form tongues...

they lived in the region between Dunhuang and Qilian. — Book of Han, 61 The area between the Qilian Mountains and Dunhuang lies in the western part of the...

Huo Qubing again invades the Hexi Corridor. In an engagement in the Qilian Mountains, he captures the king of the Qiutu. In a second engagement, he then...

alliance against the Xiongnu. Passing by the Pamir, Kunlun, Altun and Qilian Mountains, he and his retinue are then captured by the Xiongnu and taken into...

the sacred ancestral shrine of the Xianbei. In the northwest, the Qilian Mountains that run along Gansu and Qinghai provinces were referred to as the...

is a 5,254 m (17,238 ft) high mountain peak in the eastern Qilian Mountains of northeastern Qinghai province. The mountain is located within Menyuan Hui...

alliance against the Xiongnu. Passing by the Pamir, Kunlun, Altun and Qilian Mountains, he and his retinue are then captured by the Xiongnu and taken into...

Kingdom (870-1036) with capital near present Zhangye at the base of the Qilian Mountains in the valley of the Ruo Shui. In 1037, the Yugur came under Tangut...

travelled over 2,000 li without backup, all the way past Juyan Lake to Qilian Mountains, killing over 30,000 Xiongnu soldiers and capturing a dozen Xiongnu...

kilometres (390 mi) from its headwaters on the northern Gansu side of the Qilian Mountains north-northeast into the endorheic Ejin Basin in the Gobi Desert. The...

western terminus of the Ming wall The Great Wall near Jiayu Pass, Qilian Mountains in behind Ming Great Wall remnant, near Yinchuan The Great Wall remnant...

advanced into the Anshan Desert to invade the regions at the Qilian Mountains. At the Qilian Mountains, the Hunye King (渾邪王) saw the deaths of over 30,000 troops...

and Ming Tombs. Qilian Mountains National Park (祁连山国家公园) Gansu and Qinghai June 26, 2017 50,000 To protect endangered species in the Qilian Mountains....