North American Cordillera
Mountain range3,793,784.49 km²
About
mountain chain along the western side of North America
Known names
alternative
Pacific CordilleraWestern Cordillera
Main information
74,768
Peaks
4,522
Passes
1,881
Glaciers
49,887.10 km²
km²
12
Routes
Child Regions
Alaska-Yukon Ranges
2,450 peaks
104 Passes
86 Glaciers
3 Routes
Alaska Range
33540513
Aleutian Range
6571728
Brooks Range
396183
Mackenzie Mountains
150124
Yukon Plateau
5138
Intermountain West
15,584 peaks
719 Passes
172 Glaciers
1 Routes
British Columbia Interior
1,1524577
Colorado Plateau
3,036711
Columbia Mountains
2,24614095
Columbia Plateau
1,53591
Southwest Basins and Ranges
4,175193
Mexican Highlands
22,049 peaks
1,316 Passes
1 Glaciers
Mexican Plateau
66184
Sierra Madre del Sur
4,53711
Sierra Madre Occidental
7,663717
Sierra Madre Oriental
3,532444
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
5,708611
Pacific Coast Ranges
20,432 peaks
1,464 Passes
1,530 Glaciers
8 Routes
California Coast Ranges
1,85426
Cascade Range
5,998392245
Coast Mountains
3,889158915
Insular Mountains
1,2662420
Klamath Mountains
675107
Olympic Mountains
346293
Oregon Coast Range
47032
Peninsular Ranges
1,69054
Saint Elias Mountains
3576237
Sierra Nevada
2,29950878
Southcentral Alaska
9255264
Transverse Ranges
67083
Rocky Mountains
14,278 peaks
922 Passes
132 Glaciers
Canadian Rockies
2,47425262
Central Montana Rocky Mountains
2,05710925
Far Northern Rockies
5802135
Greater Yellowstone Rockies
2,4441278
Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains
2,087112
Southern Rocky Mountains
3,5852102
Western Rocky Mountains
1,06093
Geographic Location
Administrative Location
Canada:
Alberta,British Columbia,Northwest Territories,Yukon
Mexico:
Aguascalientes,Baja California,Baja California Sur,Chihuahua,Coahuila,Colima,Durango,Guanajuato,Guerrero,Hidalgo,Jalisco,Mexico City,Michoacan, Mexico,Morelos,Nayarit,Nuevo Leon,Oaxaca,Puebla,Queretaro State,San Luis Potosi,Sinaloa,Sonora,State of Mexico,Tamaulipas,Tlaxcala,Veracruz,Zacatecas
Russian Federation:
Kamchatka Krai
United States of America:
Alaska,Arizona,California,Colorado,Idaho,Montana,Nevada,New Mexico,Oregon,Texas,Utah,Washington,Wyoming
Characteristics
Area
3,793,784.49 km²
Area Location1 point
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