Coast Mountains

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The Coast Mountains are a major mountain range along the Pacific coast of western North America, known for their rugged peaks, heavy glaciation, and significant influence on regional climate and ecosystems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
mountain range
age Cenozoic
Mesozoic
borders Interior Plateau of British Columbia
Pacific Ocean
climateEffect orographic precipitation
rain shadow
contains Boundary Ranges
Chilcotin Ranges
Fitzsimmons Range
Fitzsimmons Range
surface form: Garibaldi Ranges

Ha-Iltzuk Icefield
Homathko Icefield
Juneau Icefield
Coast Mountains self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kitimat Ranges

Mount Fairweather
Mount Garibaldi
Pacific Ranges
Whistler Blackcomb
surface form: Whistler Mountain
continent North America
country Canada
United States of America
drainageTo Fraser River
Pacific Ocean
Skeena River
Stikine River
Taku River
ecoregion alpine tundra
temperate rainforest
extendsInto Alaska
British Columbia
Yukon
feature deep fjords
heavy glaciation
icefields
rugged peaks
steep relief
geologicalProcess subduction of the Farallon Plate
subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate
geology granitic batholiths
plutonic rocks
hasMajorCityNearby Juneau
Vancouver
highestElevation 13186 feet
4019 metres
highestPoint Mount Waddington
influences Pacific coastal climate
interior plateau climate
knownFor heli-skiing
mountaineering
skiing
languageOriginOfName English
locatedIn western North America
locatedOn Pacific coast of North America
surface form: Pacific Coast
nameRefersTo proximity to the coast
orogeny Coast Plutonic Complex
Pacific Coast Ranges
surface form: Coast Range Arc
orogenyType continental volcanic arc
parallelTo Pacific shoreline
partOf American Cordillera
Pacific Coast Ranges
separates Pacific coast of North America
surface form: Pacific coastal region

interior of British Columbia

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Garibaldi Névé mountainRange Coast Mountains
Mount Waddington locatedIn Coast Mountains
Mount Waddington rangeHighpointOf Coast Mountains
Warren Glacier locatedInMountainRange Coast Mountains
Wedge Mountain locatedIn Coast Mountains
Stikine River flowsThrough Coast Mountains
Taku River sourceLocatedIn Coast Mountains
Mount Juneau partOf Coast Mountains
Mount Juneau range Coast Mountains
Lillooet River sourceLocation Coast Mountains
Job Glacier locatedIn Coast Mountains
Job Glacier mountainRange Coast Mountains
Pemberton, British Columbia locatedNear Coast Mountains
Sea-to-Sky Corridor follows Coast Mountains
Sea-to-Sky Corridor adjacentTo Coast Mountains
North Vancouver District locatedNear Coast Mountains
Insular Mountains separatedFrom Coast Mountains
Interior Plateau borderedBy Coast Mountains
Lower Mainland adjacentTo Coast Mountains
Siwash Rock partOf Coast Mountains
this entity surface form: Coast Mountains geological region
Mount Roberts partOf Coast Mountains
Douglas Channel system near Coast Mountains
Mount Fee locatedIn Coast Mountains
North Shore Mountains partOf Coast Mountains
Fraser Valley locatedNear Coast Mountains
Stein River valley locatedIn Coast Mountains
Whistler locatedIn Coast Mountains
Blackcomb Mountain partOf Coast Mountains
Chilkat Peninsula hasScenicViewOf Coast Mountains
this entity surface form: Coastal Mountains
Northern British Columbia contains Coast Mountains
Cayley Glacier locatedIn Coast Mountains
Cayley Glacier mountainRange Coast Mountains
Shovelnose Glacier locatedIn Coast Mountains
Shovelnose Glacier mountainRange Coast Mountains
Eagle Glacier locatedInMountainRange Coast Mountains
Gilkey Glacier partOf Coast Mountains
Taku Glacier partOf Coast Mountains
Llewellyn Glacier partOf Coast Mountains
Neck Point Park overlooks Coast Mountains
this entity surface form: Coastal Mountains
Interior of British Columbia borderedBy Coast Mountains
Bridge River locatedIn Coast Mountains
Powell River, British Columbia locatedIn Coast Mountains
this entity surface form: Coast Mountains region