Minshan Mountains

Japanese: 岷山山脈 - びんざんさんみゃく

A mountain range stretching from northwest to southeast in northern Sichuan, China, on the border with Gansu. It is also read as "Binzan." To the west, it joins the Aniemachen (Amnemachin) Mountains across the Yellow River, and to the east, it borders the Mican Mountains across the Jialing River. It is the source of the Min and Jialing Rivers of the Yangtze River system. It is a plateau-like mountainous area at an altitude of about 4,000 meters, where livestock farming is well developed, and the vast Songpan Grassland, with its many grasslands and marshes, spreads out at the southwest foot of the mountains. In 1935, the Chinese Red Army passed through the marshes on their Long March and headed north, crossing the Minshan Mountains.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，四川省北部，甘粛との省境にあり，北西から南東にのびる山脈。〈びんざん〉とも読む。西は黄河をはさんでアニエマチェン(アムネマチン)山脈に連なり，東は嘉陵江をはさんで米倉山と接する。長江(揚子江)水系の岷江と嘉陵江の発源地。標高4000m前後の高原状の山地で牧畜が発達，南西山麓には草原や湿地の多い広大な松潘草地がひろがる。1935年，中国紅軍は，長征の途上湿地帯を通り北上し，岷山山脈を越えている。

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