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The Pacific Border province is a physiographic province of the Physiographic regions of the world physical geography system. [1]
The Pacific Border province encompasses most of the North American Pacific Coast, with the southern end at the start of the Lower California- Peninsular Ranges Province in Southern California. The Pacific Border province is in the larger Pacific Mountain System Division—Region. [1] The region is prone to earthquakes, residing along the eastern edge of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
The Pacific Border province contains seven separate and smaller sections: [1]
- Puget Trough
- Olympic Mountains
- Oregon Coast Range
- Klamath Mountains
- California Trough
- California Coast Ranges
- Transverse Ranges (Los Angeles Ranges)
- ^ a b c "Physiographic divisions of the conterminous U. S." United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
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The Pacific Border province is a physiographic province of the Physiographic regions of the world physical geography system. [1]
The Pacific Border province encompasses most of the North American Pacific Coast, with the southern end at the start of the Lower California- Peninsular Ranges Province in Southern California. The Pacific Border province is in the larger Pacific Mountain System Division—Region. [1] The region is prone to earthquakes, residing along the eastern edge of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
The Pacific Border province contains seven separate and smaller sections: [1]
- Puget Trough
- Olympic Mountains
- Oregon Coast Range
- Klamath Mountains
- California Trough
- California Coast Ranges
- Transverse Ranges (Los Angeles Ranges)
- ^ a b c "Physiographic divisions of the conterminous U. S." United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
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