Brooks Range

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mountain range

The Brooks Range is a remote mountain range in northern Alaska known for its rugged peaks, Arctic landscapes, and largely untouched wilderness.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain range →
climate	Arctic → subarctic →
continent	North America →
country	United States →
crossedBy	Dalton Highway → Trans-Alaska Pipeline System →
drainageDivide	Arctic Ocean watershed → Yukon River watershed →
easternExtension	British Mountains →
extendsFrom	Chukchi Sea →
extendsTo	Canadian border →
geologicalAge	Mesozoic → Paleozoic →
geology	fold-and-thrust belt →
highestElevation	2735 m → Mount Isto → about 8967 ft →
highestPoint	Mount Isto →
humanAccess	limited road access →
inhabitedBy	Dall sheep → caribou → grizzly bears → muskoxen → wolves →
knownFor	Arctic landscapes → largely untouched ecosystems → remote wilderness → rugged peaks →
length	about 1100 km → about 700 miles →
locatedIn	Alaska → northern Alaska →
majorRiverSource	Colville River → Kobuk River → Noatak River → Sagavanirktok River →
mountainSystem	Rocky Mountains →
notablePass	Atigun Pass →
orientation	east–west →
partOf	Arctic region →
protectedArea	Arctic National Wildlife Refuge → Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve → Noatak National Preserve →
recreationActivity	backpacking → mountaineering → wilderness trekking →
remoteness	sparsely populated →
traditionalHomelandOf	Gwichʼin → Iñupiat →
westernExtension	De Long Mountains →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alaska → North American Cordillera →	contains
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge →	borderedBy
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve ("Brooks Range mountains") →	feature
Alaska →	hasMajorMountainRange
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve →	locatedIn