Taihang Mountains

Mountain Ranges of China　See also: Qinling Mountains, Wuling Mountains

Between Shanxi and Hebei, the Taihang extends from the hills west of Beijing south to the Yellow River, trending north-east to south-west. It marks the edge between the Loess Plateau and the North China Plain; the eastern flank is steep and cut by gorges. Xiaowutai Mountain reaches 2,882 m. About 400 km long.

Map labels are in Chinese for now.

Parks and sites (19)

Beijing

• Shidu: Taihang Mountains, the Juma River
• Stone Flower Cave: Karst; stone flowers, helictites, crystal flowers

Hebei

• Zhangshiyan: Cliffs and deep valleys
• Taihang Grand Canyon
• Wahuang Palace
• Xiangtangshan Grottoes
• White Cloud Cave, Mount Kong: Karst cave
• Mount Cangyan: Taihang cliffs, ancient buildings, a temple hung over a gorge
• Xibaipo: Revolutionary site; karst
• Yesanpo: Taihang gorges, the One-Line Sky, the Sunless Gorge
• Mount Tiangui

Shanxi

• Baquan Gorge
• Wangmang Ridge

Henan

• Mount Linlü
• Qingtian River
• Mount Shennong: Cliffs, wildlife
• Mount Yuntai (Henan): Deep gorges, sheer cliffs
• Baligou Scenic Area
• Mount Wangwu

Relief from Mapterhorn elevation data (a compilation of Copernicus and other sources); provincial boundaries from Alibaba DataV.