Pacific Coast Ranges
The Pacific Coast Ranges are officially called the Pacific Mountain System in the United States.[1][2] However, most people say "Pacific Coast Ranges."
 Canadian Coast Range, Whistler, British Columbia | |
| Elevation | 5,959 m (19,551 ft) |
|---|---|
They are the mountain ranges that stretches along the West Coast of North America from Alaska south to Central Mexico.
The Pacific Coast Ranges are part of the North American Cordillera. The coastal ranges include the mountains and basins down the Pacific coast from Canada to Mexico. That does not include the Rocky Mountains or their basins: they are part of the North American Cordillera.
Pacific Coast Ranges Media
Turnagain Arm, Seward Highway and Kenai Mountains, Alaska, seen from Chugach State Park
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- Rainbow Range Slopes.jpg
Slopes of the Rainbow Range
- Mt Constance Dosewallips River.JPG
Mt. Constance, Olympic Mountains
- Trinity Alps near Granite Lake.jpg
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San Rafael Mountains from near La Cumbre Peak. Photo taken looking northwest, from the top of the Santa Ynez Mountains; you can see most of the San Rafael Mountains from this vantage point. San Rafael Mountain and McKinley Mountain are the highest peaks in the distance.
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View from the Puente Hills of the San Gabriel Mountains — seen from the Rowland Heights area, Los Angeles County, Southern California.* * Overlooking the eastern
- Harding Icefield 6-1992.jpeg
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References
- ↑ Physiographic regions of the United States, USGS
- ↑ Merriam-Webster's collegiate encyclopedia, page 361 (Merriam-Webster, 2000).
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