Peninsular Ranges

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mountain range system physiographic region

The Peninsular Ranges are a chain of mountain ranges extending from Southern California into Baja California, forming a major segment of the Pacific coastal mountains of western North America.

Aliases (5)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain range system → physiographic region →
biome	chaparral and woodlands → desert scrub → montane coniferous forests →
borderedBy	Colorado Desert → Pacific Ocean → Salton Trough → Transverse Ranges →
climateEffect	rain shadow on leeward side →
contains	Laguna Mountains → San Jacinto Mountains → Santa Ana Mountains → Santa Rosa Mountains (California) → Sierra de Juárez → Sierra de San Borja → Sierra de San Francisco → Sierra de San Pedro Mártir → Sierra de la Giganta →
continent	North America →
country	Mexico → United States → United States →
elevation	3302 m →
extendsFrom	Southern California →
extendsInto	Baja California →
geologicalProvince	Peninsular Ranges Province →
geology	Mesozoic granitic rocks → Peninsular Ranges Batholith → batholithic complex →
highestPoint	San Jacinto Peak →
locatedIn	Baja California → Southern California →
majorSegmentOf	Pacific coastal mountains of western North America →
namedFor	Baja California Peninsula →
oriented	northwest–southeast →
orogeny	Cordilleran orogeny →
parallelTo	Pacific coastline of Baja California → Pacific coastline of Southern California →
partOf	Pacific Coast Ranges → Pacific coastal mountains of western North America → Peninsular Ranges →
passesThrough	Baja California Peninsula → Orange County, California → Riverside County → San Diego County →
separates	coastal Southern California from interior deserts →
southOf	Transverse Ranges →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
San Jacinto Mountains → San Jacinto Peak → Santa Rosa Mountains → Sierra de Juárez → Sierra de San Borja → Sierra de San Javier → Sierra de San Luis ("Peninsular Ranges system") → Sierra de San Pedro Mártir ("Peninsular Ranges System") → Sierra de la Asamblea → Sierra de la Giganta → Sierra de la Laguna → Sierra de la Victoria → Sierra de la Victoria ("Baja California mountain systems") →	partOf
California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion → North American Cordillera →	contains
San Andreas Fault → San Jacinto Fault Zone →	region
Peninsular Ranges ("Peninsular Ranges Province") →	geologicalProvince
Sierra de la Asamblea ("Baja California mountain systems") →	isPartOf
Parque Nacional Sierra de San Pedro Mártir →	isWithin
Sierra de San Pedro Mártir →	locatedIn
Sierra de Juárez →	mountainSystem
Salton Trough →	near