Inner Mongolia Plateau
The Inner Mongolia Plateau ( 內蒙古 高原 , Nèi Měnggǔ Gāoyuán ) is a highland stretching across northern China . Together with its western and northern continuation ( Mongolian Plateau ), it is the second largest highland in China after the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau . It extends in the east from the Great Hinggan Mountains to the Mazu Mountains (馬鬃山 Mazu Shan) and Sukexielu Shan苏克 斜 鲁山 in the west, along the Great Wall in the south and borders Mongolia in the north .
The Inner Mongolia Plateau covers the entire area of Inner Mongolia and part of Gansu , Ningxia, and Hebei . It is over 2000 kilometers from west to east and around 500 kilometers from north to south. The plateau is generally 1000 to 1400 m high. There is more precipitation in the east than in the west.
The southern part of the plateau is formed by the Ordos Plateau ( 鄂爾多斯 高原 ) and the narrow, fertile Hetao Plain ( 河套 平原 , Hetao pingyuan ). In the eastern and northern parts are the Hulun Buir Plateau ( 呼倫貝爾 高原 ), the Ujumqin Basin ( 乌珠穆沁 盆地 , Wuzhumuqin pendi ), the Xilin Gol Plateau ( 錫林郭勒 高原 ) and the Ulanqab Plateau ( 烏蘭察布 高原 ), to the west the Bayan Nur Plateau ( 巴彥淖爾 高原 ) and the Alxa Plateau ( 阿拉善 高原 ). The Yinshan Mountains ( 阴山 , Yin Shan ), which run in an east-west direction, lie in its center.
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Coordinates: 43 ° 36 ' N , 114 ° 24' E