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The Pacific Coast Ranges (officially gazetted as the Pacific Mountain System〔(''Physiographic regions of the United States'', USGS )〕 in the United States but referred to as the Pacific Coast Ranges),〔''(Merriam-Webster's collegiate encyclopedia )'', page 361 (Merriam-Webster, 2000).〕 are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along the West Coast of North America from Alaska south to Northern and Central Mexico. The Pacific Coast Ranges are part of the North American Cordillera (sometimes known as the Western Cordillera, or in Canada, as the Pacific Cordillera and/or the Canadian Cordillera), Which includes the Rocky Mountains, Columbia Mountains, Interior Mountains, the Interior Plateau, Sierra Nevada Mountains, the , and other ranges and various plateaus and basins. The Pacific Coast Ranges designation, however, only applies to the Western System of the Western Cordillera,〔S. Holland, ''Landforms of British Columbia'', BC Govt. 1976.〕 which comprises the Saint Elias Mountains, Coast Mountains, Insular Mountains, Olympic Mountains, Cascade Range, Oregon Coast Range, California Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and the Sierra Madre Occidental. ==Other uses== The term ''Coast Range'' is used by the United States Geological Survey to refer only to the ranges south from the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Washington to the California-Mexico border; and only the ranges west of Puget Sound, the Willamette Valley, the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys or 'California Central Valley' ''(thereby excluding the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges)'', and the Mojave ''(High)'' and Sonoran ''(Low)'' Deserts.〔 〕 i.e. the Pacific Border province. The same term is used informally in Canada to refer to the Coast Mountains and adjoining inland ranges such as the Hazelton Mountains, and sometimes also the Saint Elias Mountains. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pacific Coast Ranges」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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