Yin Mountains | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 陰山 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 阴山 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Yin Mountain(s) | ||||||||
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The Yin Mountains (Yin Shan or Yinshan) are mountains in the Eastern Gobi Desert steppe of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China. [1] The Yellow river borders the mountains to the south.[2][1]
The mountains are mainly composed of very old metamorphic rock.[1]