beishan

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Definition of beishan

22 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

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  1. A mountain range in western China.
    “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).”
    “In the Beishan Mts., the Jinta Formation is unconformably overlain by the Fangshankou Group.”
    “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.”
    “China now has a centralized spent fuel facility in Lanzhou (Gansu). The current storage capacity of 550 tonnes could be doubled, but still will not be sufficient to cope with the greater volume in future. China has been considering another repository, in Beishan Mountain in Inner Mongolia.”
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  1. A mountain range in western China.
    “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).”
    “In the Beishan Mts., the Jinta Formation is unconformably overlain by the Fangshankou Group.”
    “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.”
    “China now has a centralized spent fuel facility in Lanzhou (Gansu). The current storage capacity of 550 tonnes could be doubled, but still will not be sufficient to cope with the greater volume in future. China has been considering another repository, in Beishan Mountain in Inner Mongolia.”
  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.
  13. A town in Yizhou district, Hechi, Guizhou, China.
  14. A township in Suibin, Hegang, Heilongjiang, China.
  15. A township in Duchang, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.
  16. A township in Dazhou district, Dazhou, Sichuan, China.
  17. A township in Xide, Liangshan, Sichuan, China.
  18. A township in Minhe, Haidong, Qinghai, China.
  19. A township in Menyuan, Haibei, Qinghai, China.
  20. A village in Bo'ao, Qionghai, Hainan, China.
  21. (historical)A village in Lingshanwei, Huangdao district, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
  22. A village in Guoxing, Nantou County, Taiwan.

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Etymology

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

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