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  2. List of impact structures in North America - Wikipedia

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    This list includes all 60 confirmed impact structures in North America in the Earth Impact Database (EID). These features were caused by the collision of large meteorites or comets with the Earth. For eroded or buried craters, the stated diameter typically refers to an estimate of original rim diameter, and may not correspond to present surface ...

  3. Transhimalaya - Wikipedia

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    The Transhimalaya was described by the Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer in 1952 as an "ill-defined mountain area" with "no marked crest line or central alignment and no division by rivers." On more-modern maps the Kailas Range (Gangdise or Kang-to-sé Shan) in the west is shown as distinct from the Nyenchen Tanglha range in the east. [4]

  4. Altitudinal zonation - Wikipedia

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    Heating of solids, sunlight and shade in different altitudinal zones (Northern hemisphere) [5] A variety of environmental factors determines the boundaries of altitudinal zones found on mountains, ranging from direct effects of temperature and precipitation to indirect characteristics of the mountain itself, as well as biological interactions of the species.

  5. List of mountain peaks of North America - Wikipedia

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    Denali in Alaska is the highest mountain peak of North America. Denali is the third most topographically prominent and third most topographically isolated summit on Earth after Mount Everest and Aconcagua. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of greater North America. [2]

  6. Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains - Wikipedia

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    One source says the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains range is about 1,000 km (620 mi) in length. Its highest point is 7,090 m (23,260 ft) located 100 km (62 mi) to the northwest of Lhasa. The range is parallel to the Himalayas in the Transhimalayas, and north of the Yarlung Tsangpo River. [3]

  7. List of ecoregions in North America (CEC) - Wikipedia

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    The warm deserts of North America include The Mojave Basin and Range, the Sonoran desert, and the Chihuahuan desert. These areas have a tropical desert climate, and are known as the hottest and driest place on the continent. This is due to the continental interior location on the leeward side of mountains, with constant subtropical high pressures.

  8. Geology of North America - Wikipedia

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    The North American Cordillera extends up and down the coast of North America and roughly from the Great Plains westward to the Pacific Ocean, narrowing somewhat from north to south. It includes the Cascades , Sierra Nevada , and Basin and Range province ; the Rocky Mountains are sometimes excluded from the cordillera proper, in spite of their ...

  9. List of the major 100-kilometer summits of North America

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    The 230 summits of greater North America with at least 100 kilometers of topographic isolation and at least 500 meters of topographic prominence; Rank Mountain Peak Region Mountain Range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 1 Denali [7] [8] [a] Alaska: Alaska Range: 6190.5 m 20,310 ft: 6141 m 20,146 ft: 7,450.24