Qilian Mountains Map

The Qilian Mountains are a mountain range in China. This map shows the range on shaded relief, with peaks, rivers, borders and cities.

Qilian Mountains Map
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How to read this map

The dashed outline marks the Qilian Mountains as mapped by Natural Earth. Towns and cities on the map include Xining, Wuwei, Yumen City, Zhangye, Jinchang, Dunhuang and Golmud.

Greens show lower elevations; tan and brown show higher land, with pale tones toward the highest terrain. Shadows emphasize the slopes, and vertical relief is exaggerated so landforms are easier to read. Dashed lines show country borders.

The relief uses Terrain Tiles (SRTM, GMTED2010 and ETOPO1 elevation data). Rivers, lakes, borders and the outline of the Qilian Mountains come from Natural Earth, and the figures on this page from Wikidata. Natural Earth draws features at a small scale, so the outline is a guide to where the Qilian Mountains are, not a surveyed boundary.

Blank physical map

The blank version keeps the mapped features and removes the place labels. Download it for a geography worksheet or practice identifying the features.

Qilian Mountains Map without names
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Qilian Mountains facts

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CountriesChina

Data sources and license

Map design and rendered images: Atlas of Maps, CC BY 4.0. Source databases retain their own licenses; the map license does not replace them.

Maps of the countries: China. Compare with the world mountain ranges map.

Frequently asked questions

Where are the Qilian Mountains?

The Qilian Mountains are in China.

Can I download a blank map of the Qilian Mountains?

Yes. The blank version keeps the relief, rivers and borders and the highlighted mountain range but removes the place names. Both versions are free to download as PNG and as an A4 PDF.

Use this map

You can download, print and share this map for free, in class, in school projects, in presentations and on websites, as long as you credit the source: Qilian Mountains Map · Atlas of Maps (atlasofmaps.com), license CC BY 4.0.

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