Coast Range

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Noun

Coast Range - a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower CaliforniaCoast MountainsCascade Mountains, Cascade Range, Cascades - a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast RangeMount Hubbard, Hubbard - a mountain peak in southeastern Alaska that is part of the Coast Range (14,950 feet high)North America - a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama

Coast Range

a mountain chain in the cordillera system of North America, in the USA and Canada. It extends for 1,700 km along the western coast of the continent. Its average elevation is 3,000 m. Its highest point has an elevation of 4,042 m (Mount Waddington). It is made up of granites. The range is intensely dissected by deep transverse valleys and fjords that have developed along tectonic joints. The range, which forms a barrier against the moist ocean winds, receives as much as 4,000 mm of precipitation annually on its steep western slope. It is covered with dense coniferous forest (Douglas fir, western hemlock, thuja, Sitka spruce). Above the timber line (1,000–1,200 m above sea level in the north, 1,500–1,800 m in the south) there are belts of mountain tundra and alpine meadows, which border on a belt of permanent snow and glaciers that descend to sea level in some places.

Coast Range

Related to Coast Range: Brooks Range, Pacific Coast Ranges

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Synonyms for Coast Range

noun a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California

Synonyms

Coast Mountains

Related Words

Cascade Mountains
Cascade Range
Cascades
Mount Hubbard
Hubbard
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