Interior Ranges

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The Interior Ranges are a major mountainous region in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, encompassing much of the Columbia Mountains and forming part of the broader Interior System of the Canadian Cordillera.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range region
physiographic region
adjacentTo Coast Mountains
Interior Plateau of British Columbia
borderedBy Interior Plateau
Rocky Mountain Trench
Rocky Mountains
climate continental climate
climateInfluence orographic precipitation
contains Cariboo Mountains
Columbia Mountains
surface form: Monashee Mountains

Purcell Mountains
Columbia Mountains
surface form: Selkirk Mountains
containsProtectedArea Glacier National Park (Canada)
Mount Revelstoke National Park
continent North America
country Canada
countrySubdivision British Columbia
surface form: Province of British Columbia
drainage Columbia River Basin
surface form: Columbia River basin

Fraser River
surface form: Fraser River basin
economicActivity forestry
mining
tourism
geologicalOrigin Cordilleran orogeny
geologicalProvince Canadian Intermontane region
surface form: Canadian Cordillera
highestPeaksLocation Purcell Mountains
Columbia Mountains
surface form: Selkirk Mountains
knownFor glaciated landscapes
steep relief
locatedIn British Columbia
locatedInRegion southeastern British Columbia
mountainSystem Canadian Intermontane region
surface form: Canadian Cordillera

Columbia Mountains
orogeny Laramide orogeny
partOf Canadian Intermontane region
surface form: Canadian Cordillera

Columbia Mountains
Interior System
partOfLargerRegion North American Cordillera
surface form: Western Cordillera of North America
physiographicDivision Canadian Intermontane region
surface form: Interior System of the Canadian Cordillera
recreation hiking
mountaineering
skiing
regionType mountainous region
terrain deep valleys
rugged mountains
vegetation alpine tundra
coniferous forests

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Columbia Mountains partOf Interior Ranges