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The Annamite Range or the Annamese Mountains (French: Chaîne annamitique; Lao: ພູ ຫລວງ Phou Luang; Vietnamese: Dãy (núi) Trường Sơn) is a major mountain range of eastern Indochina, extending approximately 1,100 km (680 mi) through Laos, Vietnam, and a small area in northeast Cambodia. The mountain range is also referred to variously as Annamese Range, Annamese Mountains, Annamese Cordillera, Annamite Mountains and Annamite Cordillera. The name "Annam" is the Vietnamese pronunciation and terminology of Chinese: 安南 (Pinyin: Ān Nán), meaning "to pacify the south" referring to Vietnam. The French adopted the word and used "Annamese" or "Annamite" to refer to the Vietnamese.

Annamite Range
ພູຫລວງ Dãy Trường Sơn
Annamite Range in Pu Mat National Park, Vietnam
Highest point
Peak	Phou Bia
Elevation	2,819 m (9,249 ft)
Listing	Alpide belt
Coordinates	18°35′30″N 103°48′0″E
Dimensions
Length	1,100 km (680 mi)  NW/SE
Width	130 km (81 mi)  NE/SW
Geography
Countries	Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia
Geology
Age of rock	Triassic

The highest points of the range are the 2,819 m (9,249 ft)-high Phou Bia, the 2,720 m (8,920 ft)-high Phu Xai Lai Leng and the 2,598 m (8,524 ft)-high Ngọc Linh (Ngoc Pan). The latter is located at the northwestern edge of the Triassic Kontum Massif in central Vietnam.[1] Important mountain passes are the Nape Pass and the Mụ Giạ Pass.

The Annamite Range runs parallel to the Vietnamese coast, in a gentle curve which divides the basin of the Mekong River from Vietnam's narrow coastal plain along the South China Sea. Most of the crests are on the Laotian side. The eastern slope of the range rises steeply from the plain, drained by numerous short rivers. The western slope is more gentle, forming significant plateaus before descending to the banks of the Mekong. The range itself has three main plateaus, from north to south: Phouane Plateau, Nakai Plateau and Bolaven Plateau.

Laos lies mostly within the Mekong basin, west of the divide, although most of Houaphan Province and a portion of Xiangkhoang Province (where the famous Plain of Jars is located) lie east of the divide. Most of Vietnam lies east of the divide, although Vietnam's Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) region lies west of the divide, in the Mekong basin.

Ecology

The Annamite mountains form an important tropical seasonal forest global ecoregion, the Annamite Range Moist Forests Ecoregion, which consists of two terrestrial ecoregions, the Southern Annamites montane forests and the Northern Annamites moist forests.[2]

The range is home to rare creatures such as the recently discovered Annamite rabbit and the antelope-like saola, the Douc langur, the large gaur, the Chinese pangolin, and the Indochinese tiger.

History

Most of the highlands like the Annamite Range and the Central Highlands were populated by ethnic minorities who were not Vietnamese during the beginning of the 20th century. The demographics were drastically transformed with the mass colonization of 6 million settlers from 1976 to the 1990s, which led to ethnic Vietnamese Kinh outnumbering the native ethnic groups in the highlands.

See also

• List of Ultras of Southeast Asia

References

External links

• BBC In Pictures: Uncovering Viet Nam's secret wildlife
• Cat Tien National Park
• Paleoanthropology in mainland Southeast Asia; Tam Hang, Laos
• Malaria in Montagnard country in Vietnam (French)

На других языках

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[de] Truong Son

Das Truong-Son-Gebirge, auch Annamitische Kordillere genannt, ist eine etwa 1100 Kilometer lange Gebirgskette im östlichen Indochina auf den Staatsgebieten von Vietnam, Laos und zum kleinen Teil Kambodscha. Der Name lautet im Vietnamesischen Dãy (núi) Trường Sơn, im Laotischen Phou Luang (.mw-parser-output .Laoo{font-size:120%}ພູ ຫລວງ) und im Französischen Chaîne Annamitique.

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- [en] Annamite Range

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[fr] Chaîne Annamitique

La chaîne Annamitique ou cordillère Annamitique est une chaîne de montagnes située en Asie du Sud-Est, au Laos, au Viêt Nam et dans une petite zone du Nord du Cambodge. Elle sert de frontière entre le Laos et le Viêt Nam. Elle est connue en vietnamien sous le nom de Dãy Trường Sơn, en lao en tant que Xai Phou Luang, ພູ ຫລວງ.

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[it] Catena Annamita

La Catena Annamita è una catena montuosa dell'Indocina orientale che si estende approssimativamente per 1100 km attraverso Laos, Vietnam e una piccola area della Cambogia nord-orientale. È nota in vietnamita come Dãy Trường Sơn, in lao come Phou Luang e in francese come Chaîne Annamitique. Questa catena montuosa viene indicata anche con i nomi di Catena Annamese, Monti Annamesi, Cordigliera Annamese, Monti Annamiti e Cordigliera Annamita.

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[ru] Чыонгшон

Чыонгшо́н[2][3] — горы[4][5][6], хребет[7] (лаос. ພູຫລວງ, вьетн. Dãy núi Trường Sơn), или Анна́мские го́ры[8] (Аннам[7])[5][3][6] — горная цепь, расположенная в восточном Индокитае.

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