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Definition of Coast Mountains
1. Noun. A string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California.
Terms within: Cascade Mountains, Cascade Range, Cascades, Hubbard, Mount Hubbard
Group relationships: North America
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coast Mountains
Literary usage of Coast Mountains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1891)
"Suddenly the coast mountains terminated and an open district followed, contrasting
very strikingly with the steep and rocky mountains around. ..."
2. The History and Present Condition of St. Domingo by Jonathan Brown (1837)
"... of its coast—mountains— plains—rivers—boundaries of the French territory—lakes—the
cacique Hen- ..."
3. Two Years in Oregon by Nash, Wallis (1882)
"Where we live—Snow-peaks and distant prospects—Forest-fires—The Coast Mountains
and Mary's Peak—Sunset in Oregon—Farmhouses: the log-cabin, the box-house, ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1858)
"The breadth of the coast mountains (from the Pacific to the great valley of the
... The valleys in the midst of these coast mountains, some of which are 60 ..."
5. North America by Israel Cook Russell (1904)
"Considering mountain forms simply, it is difficult if not impossible to determine
where the Coast Mountains of California terminate at the north, but, ..."
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