Coast Range

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geographical feature mountain range

The Coast Range is a mountain range in western Oregon that forms a natural barrier between the Pacific Ocean and the inland valleys, including the Willamette Valley.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Oregon Coast Range	5
Coast Range foothills	1
Coast Range of Oregon	1
Northern Oregon Coast Range	1
Oregon Coast Range province	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ mountain range ⓘ
adjacentTo	Pacific Ocean ⓘ Willamette Valley ⓘ
affects	transportation routes between coast and inland valleys ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
drainedBy	rivers flowing east toward the Willamette Valley ⓘ rivers flowing west to the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
forms	natural barrier ⓘ
geology	composed largely of sedimentary and volcanic rocks ⓘ
hasClimate	rain-shadow effects on eastern side ⓘ wet maritime climate on western slopes ⓘ
hasEcosystem	coniferous forest ⓘ temperate rainforest ⓘ
hasFeature	coastal rivers ⓘ forested slopes ⓘ steep terrain ⓘ
hasLandUse	commercial forestry ⓘ recreation ⓘ
influences	climate of Willamette Valley ⓘ precipitation patterns in western Oregon ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Northwest ⓘ western Oregon ⓘ
orientedParallelTo	Oregon Coast ⓘ surface form: Pacific coast of Oregon
partOf	Coast Range self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oregon Coast Range province Oregon Coast ⓘ surface form: Oregon Coast region
regionType	coastal mountain range ⓘ
separates	Pacific Ocean ⓘ Willamette Valley ⓘ inland valleys of western Oregon ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Klamath Mountains → borderedBy → Coast Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coast Range of Oregon

Oregon Coast → borderedBy → Coast Range ⓘ

Portland metropolitan area → borderedBy → Coast Range ⓘ

Willamette Valley → borders → Coast Range ⓘ

western Oregon → contains → Coast Range ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Oregon

Scappoose, Oregon → hasNearbyFeature → Coast Range ⓘ