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	Pacific Coast Ranges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pacific Coast Ranges are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along west coast of North America from Alaska to Mexico.
		The character of the ranges varies considerably, from the record-setting tidewater glaciers in the ranges of Alaska, to the low but rugged and scrub-covered hills of southern California, but the entire coast is consistent in dropping steeply into the sea, often resulting in photogenic views.
		Along the British Columbia and Alaska coast, the mountains intermix with the sea in a complex maze of fjords, with thousands of islands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pacific_Coast_Ranges (320 words)

	Coast Ranges -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Coast Ranges are separated from the higher mountains of the Cascade Range and the Sierra...
		On the west the Coast Ranges slope down to the Pacific Ocean; on the east, to the Central Valley.
		This region encompasses the coast of the Pacific Ocean and ranges from tropical islands to the freezing temperatures.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9002548 (1003 words)

	Coast Ranges. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Coast Ranges, series of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of N. Amer.
		in Wash.; the Coast Ranges in Oregon; the Klamath Mts., Coast Ranges, and Los Angeles Ranges in Calif.; and the Peninsular Range in Baja Calif. The Coast Ranges are rugged, geologically young mts.
		N of San Francisco the ranges are humid and thickly forested; the S parts are dry and covered with brush and grass.
	www.bartleby.com /69/13/C08813.html (171 words)

	USIA - An Outline of American Geography - Chapter 15
		The North Pacific Coast is defined primarily on the basis of its physical environment.
		As a Pacific air mass passes over land moving eastward and southeastward, it strikes the mountain ranges that line the North Pacific Coast and is forced to rise.
		The Coast Ranges, notably the Chugach and Kenai Mountains, decline in elevation from east to west.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/GEO/geog15.htm (3684 words)

	The California Coast Ranges
		In the north Coast Range the fog drip is responsible for the Coastal Redwoods.
		Precipitation increased in the northern Coast Ranges, in Mendocino and Humboldt counties.
		Coast Ranges are folded and faulted on an axis that parallels the coastline.
	www.sonoma.edu /users/c/cannon/bio314chapter7coastranges.html (6801 words)

	AllRefer.com - Coast Ranges, United States (U.S. Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Coast Ranges, series of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America, extending from SE Alaska to Baja California; from 2,000 to 20,000 ft (610–6,100 m) high.
		The Coast Ranges are rugged, geologically young mountains formed by faulting and folding and are composed mainly of granitic rock; the northern third is glaciated.
		N of San Francisco the ranges are humid and thickly forested; the southern parts are dry and covered with brush and grass.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/CoastRan.html (245 words)

	CPD: North America overview
		Alaska is mountainous and dominated by the Brooks Range to the north and the Alaska and Coastal ranges to the south.
		It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the south by the U.S.A., on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by Alaska and the Pacific Ocean.
		It occurs in the west largely in the southern Rocky Mountains, mountain ranges in Utah and Arizona, and in the Sierra Nevada, California Coast ranges and Cascade Mountains northward to southern Oregon.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /botany/projects/cpd/na/na.htm (5870 words)

	Winter Pacific Coast Tour
		I also rang Azucena and asked her to check flights to LA as these might be cheaper and I’d have a decent chance of getting down there.
		Besides, the whole coast was foggy and IFR and Hollister was the start of a series of valleys that were clear between these two extremes.
		The costal range was clear and visible as a thing knobbly strip on the horizon which grew slowly as the first hour went by.
	www.scanraid.com /microlight/2004_12_20.htm (1367 words)

	California's Coastal Mountains
		The northwest-trending Coast Ranges, the largest of the state's geomorphic provinces, rises abruptly from the shore in northern Humboldt County and extend 400 miles south to the Santa Ynez River in Santa Barbara County.
		South of the Klamath Mountains, the Coast Ranges lie close to the continent's edge, from Humboldt County to San Francisco Bay, forming a series of low mountains paralleling the coast.
		Conifers--redwood and Douglas-fir--cloak the windward slops of the Klamath Mountains and the northern Coast Ranges.
	ceres.ca.gov /ceres/calweb/coastal/mountains.html (1013 words)

	The Pacific Coast
		Subregions of the Pacific Coast are California and the Pacific Northwest.
		Between the Coast Range and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges are the inland valleys of California, Oregon, and Washington.
		Snow, however, is rare on the coast and in the valleys because of the maritime influence of the ocean.
	www.geog.nau.edu /courses/alew/ggr346/text/chapters/ch10.html (5654 words)

	Pacific Ranges
		The Pacific Ranges are another grab-bag super-range that contains the north-south trending ranges on the western rim of North America.
		The arbitrary northern boundary of the Pacific Ranges is White Pass near Skagway, Alaksa, beyond which the mountains get a lot higher, icier, and colder in the form of the Saint Elias Mountains.
		While these ranges are dissimilar in some ways to those further north, the whole complex seemed like a logical unit, guarding the western edge of the continent like a series of ramparts.
	www.peakbagger.com /range.aspx?rid=12 (687 words)

	Coastal range - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Coastal range is any range of mountains forming a coastline.
		North American examples are the coastal ranges of Canada, Mexico and the US states of Oregon, Washington, and California, called the Pacific Coast Ranges.
		The inland side of a coastal range may be in a rain shadow.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coastal_range (121 words)

	The Pacific Coast
		The chain of islands and strip of land along the coast of British Columbia, including the former capital of Juneau, were the sight of some fierce conventional action during the war.
		Linking them all is the “Coast Road” where it follows I-5, in places a major trade route thick with caravans and vehicles, and for other long stretches a hobo's highway, a migration route for the homeless and hopeless and the road bandits who prey on them.
		The Coast Road: The long and winding ribbon of Interstate 80, stretching from the ruins of San Francisco to the shores of the Inland Sea in Utah.
	www.geocities.com /nmdecke/PacificCoastMP.html (18972 words)

	Devil's Thumb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Pacific Coast ranges of British Columbia comprise a vast and wild region of jutting peaks, wild rivers, and rugged glaciers.
		The reaction of Fred Beckey, the foremost exploring alpinist on the continent in the 20th century, was ambition to be the first on the summit.
		Although access is now rendered trivial by helicopter compared to the era of first ascents, the perpetually foul weather and highly variable snow and ice conditions, coupled with high standard rock climbing and constant route finding, render this a route suitable only for very experienced alpinists who possess considerable patience.
	naclassics.com /climbs/devilthm/beta.htm (424 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Coast Ranges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Coast Mountains, heavily forested mountain range of western British Columbia, Canada.
		The Coast Ranges parallel the Pacific Coast in a complex series of ridges and valleys.
		The only major low-lying pass through the ranges is formed by...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Coast_Ranges.html (108 words)

	Articles - Pacific Coast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Australia's population is largely centred on the fertile land along the eastern, Pacific, coast.
		In New Zealand, the east coast of both main islands is met by the waters of the Pacific.
		The geology of the Pacific's rim is dominated by the Pacific Ring of Fire, a ring of volcanic and seismic activity encircling the ocean.
	www.junctione.com /articles/Pacific_Coast (388 words)

	Pacific Coast -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The most commonly accepted definition of the Pacific Coast is largely a political one: it defines the region as comprising the U.S. states of...
		Salish-speaking Indians of the Northwest Pacific Coast of North America, living around the Strait of Georgia, Puget Sound, southern Vancouver Island, much of the Olympic Peninsula, and most of western Washington state.
		That territory was surrendered to Chile in 1884 as a result of a truce that ended the fighting in the War of the Pacific.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9057917 (854 words)

	Region 2 Pacific Coast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The geology of this region is varied and complex, the consequence of a geologic history that includes accretion of crustal blocks to the North American cratonic margin, subduction, arc-related volcanism and plutonism, large-scale horizontal translations, block rotations, eruption of flood basalts, and formation of numerous small, deep basins, some of which are prolific oil producers.
		The basin is bounded by pre-Tertiary igneous and metamorphic rocks of the Klamath Mountains on the south and the northern Cascade Range and Vancouver Island on the north.
		These sediments were deposited during periods of major basin subsidence caused by regional extension or transtension in the early and middle Miocene and mainly Pliocene to Quaternary periods of transpressional or compressional deformation resulting in uplift of the basin margins.
	certnetra.cr.usgs.gov /1995OGData/REG2.htm (1876 words)

	Pacific Coast Ranges -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		They run parallel to the Pacific coasts of California, Washington, and Oregon for 4,500 miles (7,240 kilometers) in the United States and extend north into Canada for about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) and south into Mexico for about 800 miles (1,300 kilometers).
		The term is commonly accepted as including all of those islands in the Pacific that are collectively referred to as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, also sometimes known as Oceania.
		Bordering the university are the Cascade Mountains, the Coast Ranges, and an abundance of green countryside.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9276241 (892 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Coast Ranges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Coast Mountains, heavily forested mountain range of western British Columbia, and the Alaska panhandle.
		Vancouver Island, island in south-western British Columbia, Canada, in the Pacific Ocean.
		The largest island off the western coast of the Americas, it...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Coast_Ranges.html (106 words)

	Pacific Coast Highway, British Columbia, California, Oregon and Washington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This far north the weather on the coast is often cloudy, rainy and cool even in summer.
		US101 runs alongside or close to the coast for the entire length of Oregon from the California border to the mouth of the Columbia River.
		Because of the various inlets, the road is somewhat convoluted, with diversions required to fully explore as much of the coast as possible.
	www.grouptravels.com /usa_can/scenroad/pch.htm (1110 words)

	Nearctica - Native Conifers of North America - Pseudotsuga menziesii
		Native Range: The latitudinal range of Douglas Fir is the greatest of any commercial conifer of western North America.
		Its native range, extending from latitude 19° to 55° N., resembles an inverted V with uneven sides.
		The range of Douglas-fir is fairly continuous through northern Idaho, western Montana, and northwestern Wyoming.
	www.nearctica.com /trees/conifer/tsuga/Pmenz.htm (492 words)

	Vizcaino - Pacific coast
		The Pacific coastal section of the Vizcaino is mostly a flat plain.
		There are some hills and mountain ranges rising out of it.
		The most scenic parts of the region are in the mountain ranges that border the plain (other galleries).
	www.desertmuseum.org /desert/habitats/viz/viz-pacific.html (76 words)

	Mid Pacific
		The Pacific Coast ranges over 500 miles from its northernmost tip to its border with neighboring Panama.
		The peak season for the central Pacific region is from December to April.
		Puntarenas is the largest town on the coast and served for years as one of the country's main ports.
	www.guate.net /destination/costarica/midpacific.htm (320 words)

	Costa Rica catagories, Page 2.4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On the Pacific side, the marine shelf cuts sharply into the coast forming bays, capes, cliff faces and inlets.
		Three of these ranges run roughly from northwest to southeast with a fourth crossing them at the widest part of the country and forming a huge cross.
		On the northern part of the coast is the bay of Salinas (where a small archipelago called Murciélago affords ideal scuba diving) and the Santa Elena Peninsula and Culebra Bay (where the "Golfo de Papagallo" tourist complex is currently under construction).
	www.dirla.com /costrica2_4.htm (2897 words)

	Amazon.com: Pacific High: Adventures in the Coast Ranges from Baja to Alaska (A Shearwater Book): Books: Tim Palmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Pacific High, Palmer recounts that adventure, interweaving tales of exploration and discovery with portraits of the places they visited and the people they came to know along the way.
		Nature thrives in many parts of the Coast Ranges?pristine rivers and ancient forests that promise refuge to the king salmon and the grizzly bear?but with a human population of 36 million, nature is under attack throughout the region.
		Pacific High is a wonderful blend of adventure, travel, natural history, personal reflection, and investigation of environmental issues that the author discovers as he makes his way from Baja to Alaska on a 9 month journey.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1559636491?v=glance (1096 words)

	WSP Botanical Collection - Bracken Fern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Elevation ranges from sea level to 3300 m.
		Fronds range from 30- 100 cm high, depending on moisture and soil.
		Distinguished from other lacy ferns by the broad triangular frond that dies back in winter.
	www.northcoast.com /~fishhelp/edu_f/bot/bracken.html (92 words)

	Coast Ranges
		Hamilton, Mount - Hamilton, Mount, peak 4,372 ft (1,333 m) high, W Calif., in the Coast Ranges, E of San Jose.
		Pacific Margin - Pacific Margin, western section of the great North American Cordillera, W United States and W...
		San Bernardino Mountains - San Bernardino Mountains, part of the Coast Range, S Calif., extending c.60 mi (100 km) NW and SE...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/us/A0812682.html (248 words)

	ForestLearn: Miocene/Pliocene Periods in Oregon's Geologic History in Oregon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The action of North America pushing against the plate of ground underneath the Pacific Ocean produced the Pacific Coast's Coast Ranges over millions of years.
		(The mountains on the Pacific Coast are the result of more than one geologic event.
		The Cascade Range formed a major climatic barrier, becoming the dividing line between moist western forests and dry interior forests and sagebrush grasslands.
	www.forestlearn.org /consumer/timeline/mio_plio.htm (247 words)

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