Huping Mountain
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Huping Mountain | |
|---|---|
  Huping Mountain Location of the mount within Hunan | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,098.7-metre (6,885 ft) |
| Coordinates | 30°00′34″N 110°40′36″E / 30.00949°N 110.676656°E |
| Naming | |
| Native name | 壶瓶山 (Chinese) |
| Geography | |
| Location | Shimen County, Hunan, China |
Huping Mountain (simplified Chinese: 壶瓶山; traditional Chinese: 壺瓶山; pinyin: Húpíng Shān) is located in Shimen County, Hunan, China.[1]: 202 [2]: 195 [3]: 219 It is the boundary mountain between Hunan and Hubei provinces. Its highest peak elevation is 2,098.7 metres (6,885 ft), making it the second highest peak in Hunan, after Ling Peak (酃峰), which stands 2,115.2 metres (6,940 ft) above sea level.[1]: 202 [2]: 195 [4]
Huping Mountain was designated as a Provincial Nature Reserve by Hunan Provincial People's Government in 1982 and was rated as a National Nature Reserve by the State Council of China in 1994.[5]
Geography
Huping Mountain is a part of the Wuling Mountains, lies at the northern end of the Wuling Mountains, with 266 peaks above 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above sea level.[5] It has an area of 600-square-kilometre (230 sq mi), all of which belongs to Shimen County.[5]
There are seven streams and brooks rise in Huping Mountain, all of them flow into the Xie River (渫水), a first level tributary of the Lishui River.[2]: 195 [3]: 219 [5]
There are over 100 waterfalls in Huping Mountain, which known as "Huping Flying Waterfalls" (壶瓶飞瀑) is one of the "Ten Scenic Spots of Changde".[3]: 220