North American Cordillera

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf cordillera
mountain system
physiographic region
alsoKnownAs North American Cordilleran System
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
Great Basin ranges
Klamath Mountains
Peninsular Ranges
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Madre Occidental
Sierra Madre Oriental
Sierra Madre del Sur
Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
linked to: Sierra Nevada

Transverse Ranges
Yukon Ranges
continent North America
country Canada
Mexico
United States
United States of America
United States of Mexico
linked to: 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 Pacific Mountain System
physiographicDivisionOf North American Cordilleran System
separates Pacific coastal plains
interior plains of North America

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Sierra Nevada mountainSystem North American Cordillera
North America hasMajorMountainRange Rocky Mountains
linked to: North American Cordillera
North American Cordillera contains Rocky Mountains
linked to: North American Cordillera
North American Cordillera partOf Pacific Mountain System
linked to: North American Cordillera
North American Cordillera physiographicDivisionOf North American Cordilleran System
linked to: North American Cordillera
North American Cordillera alsoKnownAs Western Cordillera of North America
linked to: North American Cordillera
North American Cordillera alsoKnownAs North American Cordilleran System
linked to: North American Cordillera
Sierra Madre Occidental partOf North American Cordillera
Sierra Madre Oriental partOf North American Cordillera
Canada West Coast hasPart Pacific Ranges
linked to: North American Cordillera
Baja California Peninsula ranges partOf North American Cordillera
Western Conference regionServed Western North America
linked to: North American Cordillera
Sierra Madre del Sur partOf North American Cordillera
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt partOf North American Cordillera
Columbia Plateau partOf North American Cordillera
Mount Garibaldi belongsTo North American Cordillera
Alaska Range partOf North American Cordillera
Columbia Mountains partOf North American Cordillera
Farallon Plate influencedFormationOf North American Cordillera
Yukon Ranges partOf North American Cordillera
Colorado Plateau partOf North American Cordillera
Chugach Mountains partOf North American Cordillera
Western Conference (AHL) teamLocationFocus Western North America
linked to: North American Cordillera
Garlock Fault partOf North American Cordillera tectonic system
linked to: North American Cordillera
Nootka Fault geologicalProvince North American Cordillera
Intermontane Plateaus partOf North American Cordillera
Coast Plutonic Complex isPartOf Canadian Cordillera
linked to: North American Cordillera
Coast Plutonic Complex isPartOf North American Cordillera
Pacific Ranges partOf Pacific Cordillera
linked to: North American Cordillera
Aleutian Range partOf North American Cordillera
Pacific Coast Ranges partOf North American Cordillera
Garibaldi Volcanic Belt geologicalProvince Canadian Cordillera
linked to: North American Cordillera
Cascadian orogeny geologicalProvince Pacific Northwest Cordillera
linked to: North American Cordillera
Cordilleran orogeny partOf North American Cordillera
Peninsular Ranges Batholith tectonicProvince North American Cordillera
Mount Columbia isSecondHighestPeakOf Canadian mainland Rockies
linked to: North American Cordillera
Interior Ranges partOfLargerRegion Western Cordillera of North America
linked to: North American Cordillera
Rocky Mountain Trench partOf North American Cordillera
Great Basin Range physiographicDivisionOf North American Cordillera
Sierra Nevada batholith partOf North American Cordillera
Insular Mountains partOf North American Cordillera
Interior Plateau partOf Canadian Cordillera
linked to: North American Cordillera
Interior Plateau partOf Western Cordillera of North America
linked to: North American Cordillera
Arctic Cordillera partOf North American Cordillera
snow-capped Rocky Mountains partOf Western Cordillera of North America
linked to: North American Cordillera
Cordilleran Ice Sheet namedAfter Cordillera (North American Cordillera)
linked to: North American Cordillera
Cayley Glacier isPartOf Canadian Cordillera
linked to: North American Cordillera
Central Oregon Cascades partOf Western Cordillera of North America
linked to: North American Cordillera
Cascade Range glaciers partOf North American Cordillera
Saint Elias Mountains partOf North American Cordillera