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Nan Shan

/ ˈnæn ˈʃæn /

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in N central China, mainly in Qinghai province, with peaks over 6000 m (20 000 ft)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The whole province is traversed in a south-westerly and north-easterly direction by the Nan-shan ranges.

This border-range, which continues on to the 97th meridian, separates the Nan-shan range from the Pe-shan range.

In the central Nan-shan it is only the north-eastern slopes that bear forests.

It may be described as a hilly region, forming part as it does of the Nan Shan ranges.

Part of the great Nan Shan range, fifteen miles south of Chang-an.

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