Changbai Mountains

Changbai Mountains
	Changbai Shan
Highest peak	Paektusan ( 2744 m )
location	PR China / North Korea
Coordinates	42 ° 0 ′ N , 128 ° 5 ′ E Coordinates: 42 ° 0 ′ N , 128 ° 5 ′ E

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Chinese name
Traditional :	長白山地
Simplified :	长白山地
Pinyin :	Chángbái Shāndì
Wade-Giles :	Ch'ang-pai Shan-ti
Korean name
korean alphabet :	장백 산맥
Chinese characters :	長白山脈
Revised Romanization :	Jangbaek Sanmaek
McCune-Reischauer :	Changbaek Sanmaek

Changbai Shan , also in Korean Changbaek San , ("eternally white") refers to a mountain range in the borderland between PR China and North Korea .

The mountain range extends from the northeastern Chinese provinces of Jilin and Liaoning to the North Korean provinces of Ryanggang and Chagang . Many peaks in the Changbai Mountains exceed the 2000 m mark. The highest and most famous mountain in the Changbai Mountains is the Paektu San / Baitou Shan with its sky lake ( Tian Chi ). According to legend, Bukuri Yongson , who is the ancestor of the Nurhaci and the Aisin Gioro royal family , and who founded Manchuria and the Chinese Qing dynasty , was born in the mountains .

Changbai Shan Nature Reserve

The crater lake in the reserve

The Changbai Shan Nature Reserve (長白山自然保護區) is of particular importance for the conservation of the natural region of the Changbai Mountains. The protected area is located in Jilin Province on the border with North Korea and covers an area of 1900 square kilometers. In the protected area there are particularly pristine forests and the Baitou , the highest peak in northeast China. Over 50 species of mammals and 300 species of birds populate the area. These include very rare big cats such as the Amur leopard and Amur tiger . Other large mammals in the reserve are brown bears, lynxes, red deer, sika deer , wild boar, goral and otters.

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^ World Wildlife Fund (Content Partner); Mark McGinley (Topic Editor) ;. 2007. Changbai Mountains mixed forests. In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, DC: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth April 19, 2007; Last revised August 3, 2007; accessed on August 17, 2010 [1]

Web links

[1] World Wildlife Fund (Content Partner); Mark McGinley (Topic Editor) ;. 2007. Changbai Mountains mixed forests. In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, DC: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth April 19, 2007; Last revised August 3, 2007; accessed on August 17, 2010 [1]