Pacific Coast Ranges

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mountain range system physiographic region

The Pacific Coast Ranges are a series of mountain ranges that run along the western edge of North America, primarily paralleling the Pacific Ocean from Alaska through Canada and the United States into Mexico.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Pacific Coast Ranges canonical 31
Coast Ranges 12
Coast Ranges of California 5

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range system ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
adjacentTo Pacific Ocean coastal plains ⓘ
borders Pacific Ocean ⓘ
climateInfluence orographic precipitation along the Pacific coast ⓘ
contains Coastal Ranges ⓘ
surface form: California Coast Ranges

Cascade Range ⓘ
surface form: Cascade Range (in a broad physiographic sense)

Coast Mountains ⓘ
Insular Mountains ⓘ
Olympic Mountains ⓘ
Coast Range ⓘ
surface form: Oregon Coast Range

Saint Elias Mountains ⓘ
Sierra Madre Occidental foothills (northern extent) ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ecosystem coniferous forest ⓘ
montane shrubland and grassland ⓘ
temperate rainforest ⓘ
extendsFrom Alaska ⓘ
extendsTo Mexico ⓘ
forms topographic barrier between Pacific coast and interior basins ⓘ
geologicalOrigin tectonic activity along the Pacific margin ⓘ
geology igneous rocks ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
highestPoint Saint Elias Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Mount Logan region (within Saint Elias Mountains)
influences regional climate patterns along the Pacific coast ⓘ
locatedOn west coast of North America ⓘ
notableFor steep relief and rugged terrain ⓘ
orientation north–south ⓘ
parallels Pacific Ocean coast ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Ocean coastline
partOf North American Cordillera ⓘ
American Cordillera ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Mountain System
passesThrough Alaska ⓘ
Baja California ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Oregon ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ
northwestern Mexico ⓘ
separatedBy Interior Plateau ⓘ
separatedFrom Rocky Mountains ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate margin ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Santa Lucia Range → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
King Range → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Coast Mountains → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Coast Mountains → orogeny → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coast Range Arc
Cascade Range → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Klamath Mountains → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Peninsular Ranges → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Peninsular Ranges → majorSegmentOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific coastal mountains of western North America
Alaska Range → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Yukon Ranges → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific mountain system
Chugach Mountains → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Olympic Mountains → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Sacramento Valley → borders → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coast Ranges
Tehachapi Mountains → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Great Western Divide → mountainSystem → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Tulare Basin → adjacentTo → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coast Ranges
Sierra de Juárez → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific Coast Ranges system (broad sense)
Santa Cruz Mountains → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Carquinez Pass → locatedIn → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coast Ranges
California Coast–Sierra Nevada–Transverse Ranges transition zone → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific Coast Ranges region
Mount St. Helena → isPartOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Topatopa Mountains → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific Coast Ranges (broad sense)
North Coast Ranges → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley → borders → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coast Ranges
Mount Olympus → isPartOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Sierra Pelona Mountains → mountainSystem → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific Coast Ranges (broad sense)
San Rafael Mountains → mountainSystem → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
San Emigdio Mountains → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific Coast Ranges system (broadly)
Cobb Mountain → locatedIn → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coast Ranges of California
Mount Hamilton → isPartOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Boundary Ranges → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
San Fernando → near → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific coastal range
Berkeley Hills → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Willapa Hills → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Los Gatos Mountains (Santa Cruz Mountains foothills) → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
subject surface form: Los Gatos Mountains
Marble Mountains → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Mount Olympus (Washington) → isPartOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Coalinga → hasNearbyMountainRange → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coast Ranges
Mountains of Northern California → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Insular Mountains → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Vancouver Island Ranges → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Meadows of California → foundIn → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coast Ranges of California
Mount Pinos → hasViewOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coast Ranges
Loma Prieta → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Mount Vancouver → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Mount Logan → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
California State Route 198 → traverses → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coast Ranges
Kenai Mountains → partOf → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
Sierra Nevada–Great Valley block → hasBoundaryWith → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coast Ranges
Sierra Nevada–Great Valley block → isDistinctFrom → Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coast Ranges of California