The Coastal Range Region
Geographic Features
Climate
Attractions
- Cool, moist areas
- Fog through the summer
- Heavy rainfall in mountains
- known as the Pacific Coast Range
- in western North America
- seperated from cascade range by high mountains
- characterized by towering sand dunes
- has beaches, forests, and mountains
- stretches from Alsaka to Central Mexico
- slightly elavated
- part of the Pacific Mountain System
- Home of the redwood forest
- cedar, hemlock, and Douglas fir trees grow there
- Olympic Mountains are the most distinctive features in the range
- 1 million acres covered with park area
- lots of vegetation
- temperate rain forest
By: Zaviera Gaston and Parker Hendricks
Mountains (Top Five)
- Highest Point: Mount McNeil- 7,546'
2.Alligator Lake volcanic complex- 7,274'
3.Snow Mountain East- 7,057'
4.Ibex Mountain- 6,909'
5.Coffee Crater- 6,562'
Sources
- http://traveltips.usatoday.com/natural-attractions-coastal-range-region-103404.html
- www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/123106/Coast-Ranges
- http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~joel/g148_f09/lecture-notes/central-coast/central_coast2.h
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