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139: 22: 675: 430: 233:, an account and analysis of British Columbia geography that is often cited as authoritative, the Highland is a complex of upland hill and plateau areas forming and defined as being the buffer between the 423: 416: 759: 739: 138: 720: 292:
The boundary of the Quesnel Highland is not precisely defined in Holland, and in some interpretations it may be considered to be part of the
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and similar terrain northwestwards, to about where the Willow River rounds the northern end of the
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which spans similar terrain across the North Thompson and Shuswap Lake-Adams River
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rather than their usual association as the northernmost subrange of the
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running southeast from a certain point southeast of the city of
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Highlands
Approximate boundary of the Quensel Highland
52°30′00″N 121°00′00″W / 52.50000°N 121.00000°W / 52.50000; -121.00000
British Columbia
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Cariboo Mountains
Cariboo Plateau
Central Interior
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British Columbia
Cariboo Plateau
Cariboo Mountains
Interior Plateau
Prince George
Mahood Lake
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Shuswap Highland
drainage basins
Okanagan Highland

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