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Beishan

Syllables: Bei·shan

Beishan proper noun: a mountain range in western China.

Proper noun

Beishan

  1. A mountain range in western China.
    • The Hohsi Corridor is long, narrow and easily passable. Over 1,000 kilometres in length, it is bordered on the south by the Chilien Mountains and on the north by the broken, slightly lower Peishan Mountains. It is penetrated by the rolling sand from Inner Mongolia. The corridor, though an arid...[1964, Yu-ti (任育地) Jen, 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 195
    • The desert division of China is essentially composed of the Alashan Plateau (including the Beishan Mountains and the Hexi Corridor), two great inland basins (the Junggar and the Tarim) and their surrounding high mountains (mainly the Tianshan and the Altay).1986, Zhao Songqiao (Chao Sung-chiao), Physical Geography of China, Science Press, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 170
  2. A subdistrict of Chuanying district, Jilin, Jilin, China.
  3. A subdistrict of Yanji, Yanbian, Jilin, China.
  4. A subdistrict of Xiangyang district, Hegang, Heilongjiang, China.
  5. A subdistrict of Lingdong district, Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang, China.
  6. A subdistrict of Xinxing district, Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China.
  7. A subdistrict of Aimin district, Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China.
  8. A subdistrict of Xihu district, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
  9. A subdistrict of Macun district, Jiaozuo, Henan, China.
  10. A town in Qingtian, Lishui, Zhejiang, China.
  11. A town in Changsha, Changsha, Hunan, China.
  12. A town in Longhui, Shaoyang, Hunan, China.
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  1. A town in Yizhou district, Hechi, Guizhou, China.
  2. A township in Suibin, Hegang, Heilongjiang, China.
  3. A township in Duchang, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.
  4. A township in Dazhou district, Dazhou, Sichuan, China.
  5. A township in Xide, Liangshan, Sichuan, China.
  6. A township in Minhe, Haidong, Qinghai, China.
  7. A township in Menyuan, Haibei, Qinghai, China.
  8. A village in Bo'ao, Qionghai, Hainan, China.
  9. (historical) A village in Lingshanwei, Huangdao district, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
  10. A village in Guoxing, Nantou County, Taiwan.

Beishan meaning in Marathi

Beishan in Marathi

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पेइशान peiśān

Examples of Beishan in a sentence

  • In the Beishan Mts., the Jinta Formation is unconformably overlain by the Fangshankou Group.1987, Geotectonic Evolution of China, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 36:
  • The wall, from the Ming period, which is still intact, stretches south-westwards to the foothills of the Qilianshan and approximately northwards to the Beishan.1993, China (Insight Guides), 2nd edition, Singapore: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 231:
  • China has been considering another repository, in Beishan Mountain in Inner Mongolia.2008 August 25, “CHINA: Nuclear expansion faces obstacles”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2023...

Forms of Beishan

alternative formPeishan
alternative formPei-shan

Origin of Beishan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北山 (Běishān).

Words that rhyme with Beishan

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Questions about Beishan

What does Beishan mean?
Beishan means a mountain range in western China.
What is Beishan in Marathi?
Beishan in Marathi is पेइशान (peiśān). See Beishan meaning in Marathi.
How do you use Beishan in a sentence?
In the Beishan Mts., the Jinta Formation is unconformably overlain by the Fangshankou Group.
What part of speech is Beishan?
Beishan is a proper noun.

Words near Beishan in the dictionary

  1. beis din
  2. beisa
  3. beisas
  4. Beisel
  5. Beisels
  6. Beishan
  7. Beisler
  8. Beislers
  9. Beisner
  10. Beisners
  11. Beissel

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