Cascade Mountains
Northwestern volcanic chain
The Cascade Mountains are a major mountain range extending from British Columbia through Washington and Oregon into northern California.
The range includes several volcanic peaks—Mount Rainier, Mount Hood, Mount St.
Helens—and forms a climatic barrier between the wet Pacific coast and the dry interior.
Often shortened to the Cascades.
- Douglas firLarge Western North American conifer
- Mount HoodDormant stratovolcano in Oregon
- Mount RainierPacific Northwest stratovolcano
- Mount St. HelensActive Washington stratovolcano
- calderasBasins from eruption collapse
volcanoes · basalt · Crater Lake · glacier melt · subduction zones · lahars · rain shadow · pyroclastic flows · endemic species · hiking trails · ski resorts · Pacific Northwest · tectonic plates · old-growth forests · Oregon · igneous rocks · ridgeline · Pacific Crest Trail
- Skagit ValleyMount Vernon, tulip fields, tulips, Burlington, farm stands
- Southern OregonMedford, Ashland, Jacksonville, Crater Lake, pear orchards
- Wenatchee Valleyapples, apple orchards, fruit orchards, cherries, pears
Cascade MountainsGreat Plains
Central North American grassland
Rocky Mountains · Appalachian Mountains · Central Valley · Columbia Plateau · Canadian Shield
Cascade Mountainsflatlands
Level, unvarying terrain
Great Plains · sea level · lowlands · plains · Central Valley