Geography thumb|Inner Mongolian steppes|303x303px thumb|Topography of Inner Mongolia in China|302x302px Inner Mongolia is a provincial-level subdivision of North China, but its great stretch means that parts of it belong to Northeast China and Northwest China as well. It borders eight provincial-level divisions in all three of the aforementioned regions (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, and Gansu), tying with Shaanxi for the greatest number of bordering provincial-level divisions. Most of its international border is with Mongolia, which, in Chinese, is sometimes called "Outer Mongolia", while a small portion is with Russia's Zabaykalsky Krai.
Geography thumb|Inner Mongolian steppes|303x303px thumb|Topography of Inner Mongolia in China|302x302px Inner Mongolia is a provincial-level subdivision of North China, but its great stretch means that parts of it belong to Northeast China and Northwest China a,s well. It borders eight provincial-level divisions in all three of the aforementioned regions (Heilongjiang, Jilin Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi Ningxia, and Gansu), tying with Shaanxi for the greatest number of bordering provincial-level divisions. Most of its intern,ational border is with Mongolia, which, in Chinese, is sometimes called "Outer Mongolia", while a small portion is with Russia's Zabaykalsky Krai.