Pacific Cordillera (Canada)

The Pacific Cordillera, also known as the Western Cordillera or simply The Cordillera, is a top-level

mountain valleys of Montana and Washington.^[1]

The Cordilleran mountains were formed by the

tectonic plates causing the crust to buckle, creating the mountain ranges that are known today. This is the youngest of the three primary geographic regions of Canada, the others being the Canadian Shield and Interior Plains. This designation is peculiar to Canada because the country's intermontane plateaus

are narrow and may be considered together with adjoining ranges.

Well-known mountain ranges in the Pacific Cordillera include the famous

Canadian province of British Columbia

.

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Notes

^ D. B. Booth. (1987). Timing and processes of deglaciation along the southern margin of the Cordilleran ice sheet. Pp. 71-90, in 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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[1] D. B. Booth. (1987). Timing and processes of deglaciation along the southern margin of the Cordilleran ice sheet. Pp. 71-90, in 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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