North American Cordillera

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cordillera mountain system physiographic region

The North American Cordillera is the vast, complex chain of mountain ranges running along western North America from Alaska through Canada and the United States into Mexico, encompassing systems such as the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
North American Cordilleran System	2
Rocky Mountains	2
Western North America	2
North American Cordillera tectonic system	1
Pacific Mountain System	1
Pacific Ranges	1
Western Cordillera of North America	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cordillera ⓘ mountain system ⓘ physiographic region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	North American Cordillera ⓘ surface form: North American Cordilleran System North American Cordillera ⓘ surface form: Western Cordillera of North America
biome	alpine tundra ⓘ montane forest ⓘ
contains	Alaska Range ⓘ Baja California Peninsula ranges ⓘ Brooks Range ⓘ Cascade Range ⓘ Coast Mountains ⓘ Columbia Mountains ⓘ Basin and Range Province ⓘ surface form: Great Basin ranges Klamath Mountains ⓘ Peninsular Ranges ⓘ North American Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rocky Mountains Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ Sierra Madre del Sur ⓘ Sierra Nevada ⓘ surface form: Sierra Nevada (U.S.) Transverse Ranges ⓘ Yukon Ranges ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States of America ⓘ Mexico ⓘ surface form: United States of Mexico
extendsFrom	Alaska ⓘ
extendsTo	Mexico ⓘ
formedBy	subduction ⓘ terrane accretion ⓘ
geologicalSetting	active continental margin ⓘ convergent plate margin ⓘ
highestPoint	Denali ⓘ
highestPointElevation	6190 metres ⓘ
influences	climate of western North America ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	western North America ⓘ
ocean	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
parallelTo	Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
partOf	North American Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pacific Mountain System
physiographicDivisionOf	North American Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: North American Cordilleran System
separates	Pacific coast of North America ⓘ surface form: Pacific coastal plains interior plains of North America ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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

North American Cordillera → alsoKnownAs → North American Cordillera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Cordillera of North America

North American Cordillera → alsoKnownAs → North American Cordillera ⓘ

this entity surface form: North American Cordilleran System

Mount Garibaldi → belongsTo → North American Cordillera ⓘ

North American Cordillera → contains → North American Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rocky Mountains

Nootka Fault → geologicalProvince → North American Cordillera ⓘ

North America → hasMajorMountainRange → North American Cordillera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rocky Mountains

Canada West Coast → hasPart → North American Cordillera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Ranges

Farallon Plate → influencedFormationOf → North American Cordillera ⓘ

Sierra Nevada → mountainSystem → North American Cordillera ⓘ

Alaska Range → partOf → North American Cordillera ⓘ

Baja California Peninsula ranges → partOf → North American Cordillera ⓘ

Chugach Mountains → partOf → North American Cordillera ⓘ

Colorado Plateau → partOf → North American Cordillera ⓘ

Columbia Mountains → partOf → North American Cordillera ⓘ

Columbia Plateau → partOf → North American Cordillera ⓘ

Garlock Fault → partOf → North American Cordillera ⓘ

this entity surface form: North American Cordillera tectonic system

Intermontane Plateaus → partOf → North American Cordillera ⓘ

North American Cordillera → partOf → North American Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Mountain System

Sierra Madre Occidental → partOf → North American Cordillera ⓘ

Sierra Madre Oriental → partOf → North American Cordillera ⓘ

Sierra Madre del Sur → partOf → North American Cordillera ⓘ

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt → partOf → North American Cordillera ⓘ

Yukon Ranges → partOf → North American Cordillera ⓘ

North American Cordillera → physiographicDivisionOf → North American Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: North American Cordilleran System

Western Conference → regionServed → North American Cordillera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western North America

Western Conference (AHL) → teamLocationFocus → North American Cordillera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western North America