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  2. Cascade Range - Wikipedia

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    The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as many of those in the North Cascades , and the notable volcanoes known as the High Cascades .

  3. Cascade Volcanoes - Wikipedia

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    Although taking its name from the Cascade Range, this term is a geologic grouping rather than a geographic one, and the Cascade Volcanoes extend north into the Coast Mountains, past the Fraser River which is the northward limit of the Cascade Range proper.

  4. North Cascades - Wikipedia

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    The North Cascades are a section of the Cascade Range of western North America.They span the border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington and are officially named in the U.S. and Canada [1] as the Cascade Mountains. [2]

  5. Cascades - Wikipedia

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    Cascade Range or Cascades, a mountain range in the Pacific Northwest of North America Cascades Rapids or "Cascade Falls", an area of rapids in the Columbia River in Oregon for which the mountain range was named; Cascade Volcanoes, a geological grouping of volcanoes, including those in the Cascade Range and some in the Coast Mountains

  6. List of Cascade Range topics - Wikipedia

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    This article contains a list of volcanoes and a list of protected areas associated with the Cascade Range (northern portion of the Sierra Nevada range and east of the West Coast and Pacific Ocean, and west of the Canadian Rockies / Rocky Mountains chain) of the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States, on the continent of North America.

  7. Cascade - Wikipedia

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    Cascade waterfalls, or series of waterfalls; Cascade, the CRISPR-associated complex for antiviral defense (a protein complex); Cascade (grape), a type of fruit Biochemical cascade, a series of biochemical reactions, in which a product of the previous step is the substrate of the next

  8. Mountain range - Wikipedia

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    A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arisen from the same cause, usually an orogeny . [ 1 ]

  9. Cascadia subduction zone - Wikipedia

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    The Cascade Volcanic arc is located approximately 100 km inland from the coast, and forms a north-to-south chain of peaks that average over 3,000 m (10,000 ft) in elevation. [3] The major peaks from south to north include: Lassen Peak and Mount Shasta (California) Crater Lake (Mazama), Three Sisters, Mount Jefferson, Mount Hood (Oregon)