Olympic Mountains
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The Olympic Mountains are a rugged, heavily forested mountain range on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula, known for their dramatic peaks, glaciers, and diverse ecosystems within Olympic National Park.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Olympic Mountains canonical | 92 |
| Olympic Mountains region | 2 |
| Olympic Mountains (distant views) | 1 |
| Olympic Mountains (distant) | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mountain range ⓘ |
| biodiversity | high endemism ⓘ |
| climate | maritime ⓘ |
| contains |
Dosewallips River valley
ⓘ
Elwha River ⓘ
surface form:
Elwha River valley
Hoh Rain Forest ⓘ Hurricane Ridge ⓘ Queets Rain Forest ⓘ Quinault Rain Forest ⓘ Skokomish River headwaters ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| drainageTo |
Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
Puget Sound ⓘ Juan de Fuca Strait ⓘ
surface form:
Strait of Juan de Fuca
|
| ecosystemType |
alpine tundra
ⓘ
subalpine forest ⓘ temperate rainforest ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 2428 meters
ⓘ
approximately 7964 feet ⓘ |
| geology |
basalt
ⓘ
primarily marine sedimentary rock ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Mount Olympus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
diverse ecosystems
ⓘ
high annual precipitation on western slopes ⓘ rain shadow effect on northeastern side ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Olympic Mountains
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
Olympic Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ Olympic Peninsula ⓘ Pacific Northwest ⓘ Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State
|
| managementAgency |
U.S. Forest Service
ⓘ
National Park Service ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Park Service
|
| nearestCity |
Forks, Washington
ⓘ
surface form:
Forks
Port Angeles ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
deep river valleys
ⓘ
glaciated peaks ⓘ heavy forest cover ⓘ rugged terrain ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Olympic marmot
ⓘ
Roosevelt elk ⓘ northern spotted owl ⓘ |
| orogeny | accretionary wedge formation ⓘ |
| partOf |
Olympic National Park
ⓘ
Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ |
| protectedBy |
Olympic National Forest
ⓘ
Olympic National Park ⓘ |
| recreation |
backpacking
ⓘ
hiking ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ skiing at Hurricane Ridge ⓘ |
Referenced by (96)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mount Olympus
subject surface form:
Hurricane Ridge
subject surface form:
Clyde Hill, Washington
subject surface form:
Washington (state)
this entity surface form:
Olympic Mountains region
this entity surface form:
Olympic Mountains (distant)