Pacific coast of North America

E9317

coastline geographical region

The Pacific coast of North America is the long, western continental margin stretching from Alaska through Canada and the United States into Mexico, characterized by rugged shorelines, active tectonics, and a mix of temperate rainforests, coastal mountains, and major port cities.

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All labels observed (28)

Label	Occurrences
Pacific Coast	14
Pacific coast of North America canonical	13
Pacific Coast of the United States	12
Pacific coast	7
North American Pacific coast	4
North Pacific Coast	4
Pacific Coast of North America	4
Pacific coast of Canada	4
Pacific Ocean coastline	3
Pacific coast of the United States	3
Pacific Coast region	2
Pacific Ocean coast	2
West Coast of North America	2
North American West Coast	1
Oregon Coast	1
Pacific Coast of Mexico	1
Pacific Northwest Coast	1
Pacific coast of Baja California	1
Pacific coast of California	1
Pacific coast of Mexico	1
Pacific coast of Washington	1
Pacific coastal margin of North America	1
Pacific coastal plains	1
Pacific coastal region	1
Pacific coastal region of North America	1
Pacific coastline of Washington	1
Pacific margin of western North America	1
northeastern Pacific Ocean	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastline ⓘ geographical region ⓘ
associatedWithPlate	Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ
borderedBy	Alaska Range ⓘ Cascade Range ⓘ Coast Mountains ⓘ Coast Mountains ⓘ surface form: Coastal Mountains Sierra Nevada ⓘ surface form: Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
characterizedBy	active tectonics ⓘ coastal mountains ⓘ major port cities ⓘ rugged shorelines ⓘ temperate rainforests ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ marine west coast climate ⓘ subarctic climate ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
extendsFrom	Alaska ⓘ
extendsInto	Mexico ⓘ
extendsThrough	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasEcosystem	coastal wetland ⓘ kelp forest ⓘ rocky intertidal zone ⓘ temperate rainforest ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Anchorage ⓘ Ensenada ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ Portland, Oregon, United States ⓘ surface form: Portland, Oregon San Diego ⓘ San Francisco ⓘ Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ surface form: Seattle Tijuana ⓘ Vancouver ⓘ
hasMajorPort	Ensenada ⓘ surface form: Port of Ensenada Port of Long Beach ⓘ Port of Los Angeles ⓘ Port of Oakland ⓘ Port of Prince Rupert ⓘ Port of San Diego ⓘ Port of Seattle ⓘ Port of Tacoma ⓘ Port of Vancouver ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	California Current ⓘ Cascadia Subduction Zone ⓘ surface form: Cascadia subduction zone San Andreas Fault ⓘ
hasProtectedArea	Channel Islands National Park ⓘ Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve ⓘ Olympic National Park ⓘ Pacific Rim National Park Reserve ⓘ Point Reyes National Seashore ⓘ Redwood National and State Parks ⓘ
ocean	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Rim ⓘ Ring of Fire ⓘ
supportsIndustry	film industry ⓘ fishing ⓘ shipping ⓘ technology ⓘ tourism ⓘ
tectonicSetting	convergent plate boundary ⓘ transform plate boundary ⓘ

Referenced by (89)

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

North American Cordillera → parallelTo → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

North American Cordillera → separates → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific coastal plains

Hatfield Marine Science Center → locatedOn → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oregon Coast

San Diego–Tijuana → partOf → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific coastal region of North America

Atacama Desert → locatedAlong → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific coast

Juan de Fuca Plate → locatedIn → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: northeastern Pacific Ocean

Spanish missions in California → locatedIn → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast of North America

Interior West → locatedBetween → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast

Vancouver → locatedOn → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast

Cascadia → partOf → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: North American West Coast

Kwakiutl Ethnography → ethnographicRegion → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast

California cultural area → extendsInto → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium → locatedOn → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean coast

Pacific County, Washington → locatedOn → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific coast of Washington

Coast Mountains → locatedOn → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast

Coast Mountains → separates → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific coastal region

Coast Starlight → followsCoastline → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast

Arcata, California → locatedOn → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific coast

Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862 → regionAffected → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast

Juan Manuel de Ayala → placeOfActivity → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

Humboldt Bay → partOf → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific coast of the United States

North Coast of California → partOf → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast of the United States

Del Norte County, California → locatedOn → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific coast of the United States

connected by Mexican Federal Highway 15 → connectsRegion → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

subject surface form: Mexican Federal Highway 15

this entity surface form: Pacific coast of Mexico

Western Mexico → hasRegion → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast of Mexico

Acapulco → coastType → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific coast

USLGB → geographicArea → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast of the United States

Prince Rupert → locatedOn → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific coast

Pacific lamprey → nativeTo → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

Overland Route (historic) → connects → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast

Pacific coastal plain from interior desert basins → partOf → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

AAWU → geographicFocus → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast region

Alta California (newspaper) → circulationArea → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

subject surface form: Alta California

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast

Montecito, California, United States → locatedOn → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

subject surface form: Montecito, California

this entity surface form: Pacific coast of California

PT → usedInRegion → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

subject surface form: Pacific Time

this entity surface form: West Coast of North America

Pacific Division → geographicalFocus → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast region

Oregon estuary network → locatedOn → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific coast

Pacific temperate rainforests → locatedOn → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

Pacific Gulf Yupik → cultureArea → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Pacific Coast

Chinook Jargon → usedInRegion → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast of the United States

C.A. Thayer → operatedInRegion → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast of the United States

1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes → region → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast of the United States

San Telmo region → locatedNear → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific coast of Baja California

San Rafael Mountains → locatedOn → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast of the United States

Rialto Beach → partOf → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific coastline of Washington

USOAK → coast → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast of the United States

Alexander Archipelago → coast → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

Panhandle of Alaska → locatedOn → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast

Chinook salmon → nativeTo → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: North American Pacific coast

Coast Plutonic Complex → locatedOn → Pacific coast of North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific margin of western North America