Selkirk Mountains

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mountain pass mountain range national park subrange of the Columbia Mountains

The Selkirk Mountains are a rugged subrange of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, known for their steep peaks, heavy snowfall, and extensive glaciation.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mount Sir Sandford	0
Rogers Pass	0
Glacier National Park (Canada)	0
Selkirk Mountains region	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain pass ⓘ mountain range ⓘ national park ⓘ subrange of the Columbia Mountains ⓘ
borders	Columbia River NERFINISHED ⓘ Kootenai River NERFINISHED ⓘ Kootenay River NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	continental climate with heavy winter snow ⓘ
contains	Glacier National Park (Canada) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Revelstoke National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
eastOf	Okanagan Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecoregion	Interior wet-belt forests NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevation	3519 metres ⓘ
extendsInto	northeastern Washington ⓘ northern Idaho ⓘ
fauna	grizzly bear ⓘ mountain caribou ⓘ mountain goat ⓘ wolverine ⓘ
geology	primarily metamorphic and sedimentary rocks ⓘ
highestPoint	Mount Sir Sandford NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	extensive glaciation ⓘ heavy snowfall ⓘ rugged terrain ⓘ steep peaks ⓘ
locatedIn	British Columbia ⓘ Pacific Northwest region of North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Selkirk Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern British Columbia ⓘ
majorRiverValleys	Columbia River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Kootenai River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Kootenay River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Charles Murray, 5th Earl of Selkirk NERFINISHED ⓘ
northOf	Spokane River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Columbia Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Columbia River Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
passes	Rogers Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ
recreation	backcountry skiing ⓘ heli-skiing ⓘ hiking ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ
region	Kootenays NERFINISHED ⓘ
traversedBy	Trans-Canada Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ
vegetation	alpine tundra ⓘ coniferous forests ⓘ subalpine forests ⓘ
westOf	Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Purcell Mountains → borderedBy → Selkirk Mountains ⓘ

Interior of British Columbia → contains → Selkirk Mountains ⓘ

North Idaho → contains → Selkirk Mountains ⓘ

Canadian Pacific Railway mainline → crosses → Selkirk Mountains ⓘ

Bonners Ferry, Idaho → hasNearbyMountainRange → Selkirk Mountains ⓘ

Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park → locatedInMountainRange → Selkirk Mountains ⓘ

Kootenay Lake → locatedInMountainRange → Selkirk Mountains ⓘ

Glacier National Park (Canada) → mountainRange → Selkirk Mountains ⓘ

Valhalla Provincial Park → mountainRange → Selkirk Mountains ⓘ

West Kootenay → mountainRange → Selkirk Mountains ⓘ

Ruby Ridge, Boundary County, Idaho, United States → partOf → Selkirk Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Selkirk Mountains region