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Pacific Cordillera (Canada)

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W. F. Ruddiman and H. E. Wright, Jr. eds. North America and adjacent oceans during the last deglaciation: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, the Geology of North America, v. K-3.
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the mountain ranges that are known today. This is the youngest of the three primary geographic regions of Canada, the others being the
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D. B. Booth. (1987). Timing and processes of deglaciation along the southern margin of the Cordilleran ice sheet. Pp. 71-90,
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Well-known mountain ranges in the Pacific Cordillera include the famous
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are narrow and may be considered together with adjoining ranges.
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This article about a specific Canadian geological feature is a
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Index

Canadian Cordillera
physiographic region
Canada
cordillera
Western
Northwestern Canada
North American Cordillera
Pleistocene
Cordilleran Ice Sheet
Alaska
Brooks
Alaska Ranges
Yukon
British Columbia
Northwest Territories
Alberta
Mackenzie
Peel
Liard River
basin
Canadian Prairies
Canada–United States border
mountain valleys
Montana
Washington
collision
Pacific
North American
tectonic plates
crust

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