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The Sierra Nevada Mountains form the southern portion of the Cascade-Sierra province. Like the Cascade Range, the Sierra Nevada Range formed from a chain of volcanoes along a subduction zone. However unlike the Cascade volcanoes, those that formed the Sierra Nevada Range are mostly extinct and buried deep within the earth forming a bed of ...
The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as many of those in the North Cascades , and the notable volcanoes known as the High Cascades .
Physiographically, the Sierra is a section of the Cascade–Sierra Mountains province, which in turn is part of the larger Pacific Mountain System physiographic division. The California Geological Survey states that "the northern Sierra boundary is marked where bedrock disappears under the Cenozoic volcanic cover of the Cascade Range." [22]
Cascade-Sierra Mountains Northern Cascade Mountains Middle Cascade Mountains Southern Cascade Mountains Sierra Nevada: Pacific Border province: Aleutian Islands: Boundary Ranges: Puget Trough: Olympic Mountains: Oregon Coast Range: Klamath Mountains: California Trough: California Coast Ranges: Transverse Ranges (Los Angeles Mountains) Lower ...
C. California Coast Ranges; Call Mountains; Campbell Hills; Capay Hills; Carson Range; Cascade Range; Cascade-Sierra province; Cathedral Range; Chalk Buttes; Chalk ...
The protected areas of the Sierra Nevada, a major mountain range located in the U.S. states of California and Nevada, are numerous and highly diverse.Like the mountain range itself, these areas span hundreds of miles along the length of the range, and over 14,000 feet of elevation from the lowest foothills to the summit of Mount Whitney.
The Shasta Cascade region of California is located in the northeastern and north-central sections of the state bordering Oregon and Nevada, [1] including far northern parts of the Central Valley [citation needed] and the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
B. Badger Mountains; Bare Mountain Range (Nevada) Barnett Hills; Battle Mountains, Nevada; Belted Range; Bilk Creek Mountains; Bird Spring Range; Black Canyon Range