Yin Mountains

The Yin Mountains, also known by their Chinese name as the Yin Shan or Yinshan and by various romanizations as the Daqing Mountains, are mountains in the Eastern Gobi Desert steppe of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China.^[1] The Yellow River borders the mountains to the south.^[2][1]

Yin Mountains
Daqing Shan (大青山) seen from Hohhot to its south
Traditional Chinese	陰山
Simplified Chinese	阴山
Literal meaning	Yin Mountain(s)
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yīnshān Yīnshān Wade–Giles Yin-shan Yin Shan
Daqing Mountains
Chinese	大青山
Literal meaning	Great Blue or Green Mountain(s)
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Daqingshan

Geology

The mountains are mainly composed of very old metamorphic rock.^[1]