Mufu Mountains

The Mufu Mountains (Chinese: 幕阜山; pinyin: Mùfù Shān) are a range of mountains located on the border of Jiangxi and Hubei provinces in China.

Mufu Range
幕阜山
Rice fields in a valley in the Mufu Range, seen from National Highway 106 east of Tongshan
Highest point
Elevation	1,597.2 m (5,240 ft)
Coordinates	28°59′N 113°50′E
Geography
Mufu Range Location in China Show map of Eastern China Mufu Range Mufu Range (China) Show map of China
Location	Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi, China
Parent range	Luoxiao Mountains

Some maps label the range as 幕埠山, which would be transliterated as Mùbù Shān (Mubu Mountains), but this apparently is a typo.[1]

Description

The Mufu range is a subrange of the Luoxiao Mountains. It stretches for about 200 km in a roughly southwest–northeast direction between close to Pingjiang in Hunan to the Yangtze valley near Jiujiang.[2]

References

Hubei provincial map sold throughout the province for Y4. Published by "Hubei Sheng Dituyuan" (Hubei Provincial Mapping Office) in June 2008. No ISBN. Other available sources (provincial atlases, etc) all have Mufu (幕阜)
Mufu Mountains

Mountain ranges of China
Geography of China
Northwest China	Altai Mountains Dzungarian Alatau Tian Shan Borohoro Mountains Tarbagatai Mountains Kunlun Mountains Altyn-Tagh Qilian Mountains Helan Mountains Liupan Mountains
Qinghai-Tibet and Southwest China	Himalayas Transhimalaya Pamir Mountains Karakoram Argu Tagh Yengisogat Kunlun Mountains Hoh Xil Bayan Har Mountains Amne Machin Tanggula Mountains Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains Hengduan Mountains Gaoligong Mountains Yunling Mountains Ailao Mountains Qionglai Mountains Daxue Mountains Min Mountains
Northeast China	Greater Khingan Lesser Khingan Changbai Mountains Wanda Mountains Qian Mountains
North and East China	Yin Mountains Lang Mountains Lüliang Mountains Taihang Mountains Zhongtiao Mountains Mount Tai Tianmu Mountain Yandang Mountains Wuyi Mountains
Central China	Qinling Daba Mountains Dabie Mountains Wudang Mountains Jingshan Mountains Luoxiao Mountains Jiuling Mountains Mufu Mountains Wugong Mountains Huangshan Wuling Mountains Xuefeng Mountains
South China	Cang Mountain Daliang Mountains Dalou Mountains Nanling Mountains Jiuyi Mountains Yuecheng Mountains Longmen Mountains Western Mountains
Landforms of China

Hubei topics
Wuhan (capital)
General	History Politics Economy
Geography	Cities Wudang Mountains Jingshan Mountains Daba Mountains Shennongjia Wu Mountains Dabie Mountains Mufu Mountains Yangtze River Han River Three Gorges
Education	Wuhan University Ω Huazhong University of Science and Technology Ω Wuhan University of Technology Ω China University of Geosciences Ω Central China Agricultural University Ω Central China Normal University Ω Zhongnan University of Economics and Law Ω South-Central University for Nationalities
Culture	Chu Culture Han opera Nine-headed Bird
Cuisine	Wuhan duck Soup dumpling Re gan mian
Visitor attractions	Jingzhou Xianling Tomb (in Zhongxiang) Three Gorges Yellow Crane Tower Hubei Provincial Museum Underground Project 131
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Jiangxi topics
Nanchang (capital)
General	History Chinese Soviet Republic Jiangxi–Fujian Soviet Politics Economy
Geography	Cities Mufu Mountains Jiuling Mountains Luoxiao Mountains Wuyi Mountains Gan River Poyang Lake Yangtze River Xiushui River
Education	Jiangxi Normal University East China University of Technology Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University Jiangxi Agricultural University Jinggangshan University Jiujiang University Nanchang University Nanchang Hangkong University
Culture	Culture of Jiangxi Gan Chinese (Nanchang dialect, Yichun dialect) Music Ganju opera Tea-picking opera Nuo opera Architecture Jingdezhen porcelain Jizhou ware Cuisine Anfu ham Religion Pure Land Buddhism Hakka culture (language, architecture)
Visitor attractions	Donglin Temple Pavilion of Prince Teng Mount Lu National Park Zhelin Reservoir
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