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Oregon Coast Range, the Glossary

The Oregon Coast Range, often called simply the Coast Range and sometimes the Pacific Coast Range, is a mountain range, in the Pacific Coast Ranges physiographic region, in the U.S. state of Oregon along the Pacific Ocean.^[1]

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Mountains of the Oregon Coast Range
Pacific Coast Ranges

Alsea River

The Alsea River flows from Alsea, an unincorporated community in the coastal mountains of the U.S. state of Oregon, to the Pacific Ocean near the city of Waldport.

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American black bear

The American black bear (Ursus americanus), also known as the black bear, is a species of medium-sized bear endemic to North America.

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Basalt

Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.

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Berberis aquifolium

Berberis aquifolium, the Oregon grape or holly-leaved barberry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, native to western North America.

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Black-tailed deer

Two forms of black-tailed deer or blacktail deer that occupy coastal woodlands in the Pacific Northwest of North America are subspecies of the mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus).

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California Coast Ranges

The Coast Ranges of California span from Del Norte or Humboldt County, California, south to Santa Barbara County. Oregon Coast Range and California Coast Ranges are Pacific Coast Ranges and physiographic sections.

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Cascade Range

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. Oregon Coast Range and Cascade Range are mountain ranges of Oregon, Pacific Coast Ranges and physiographic sections.

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Central Oregon Coast Range

The Central Oregon Coast Range is the middle section of the Oregon Coast Range, in the Pacific Coast Ranges physiographic region, and located in the west-central portion of the state of Oregon, United States roughly between the Salmon River and the Umpqua River and the Willamette Valley and the Pacific Ocean. Oregon Coast Range and Central Oregon Coast Range are mountain ranges of Oregon.

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Clatskanie River

The Clatskanie River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northwestern Oregon in the United States.

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Clatsop County, Oregon

Clatsop County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Climate

Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years.

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Coast Fork Willamette River

The Coast Fork Willamette River is one of two forks that unite to form the Willamette River in western Oregon in the United States.

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Coast Range (EPA ecoregion)

The Coast Range ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and California. Oregon Coast Range and Coast Range (EPA ecoregion) are Pacific Coast Ranges.

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Coho salmon

The coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch; Karuk: achvuun) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family and one of the five Pacific salmon species.

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Columbia River

The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: or; Sahaptin: Nch’i-Wàna or Nchi wana; Sinixt dialect swah'netk'qhu) is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

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Columbia River Basalt Group

The Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG) is the youngest, smallest and one of the best-preserved continental flood basalt provinces on Earth, covering over mainly eastern Oregon and Washington, western Idaho, and part of northern Nevada.

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Common dace

The common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) is a species of freshwater and brackish water ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae which is native to Europe but which has been introduced to other parts of the world.

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Coos River

The Coos River flows for about into Coos Bay along the Pacific coast of southwest Oregon in the United States.

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Coquille River (Oregon)

The Coquille River is a stream, about long, in southwestern Oregon in the United States.

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).

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Cummins Creek Wilderness

The Cummins Creek Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Siuslaw National Forest within the Oregon Coast.

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D River

The D River is a river in Lincoln City, Oregon, United States.

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Douglas fir

The Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae.

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Drift Creek Wilderness

Drift Creek Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Siuslaw National Forest on the Oregon Coast.

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Eastern Oregon

Eastern Oregon is a region of the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Forearc

Forearc is a plate tectonic term referring to a region in a subduction zone between an oceanic trench and the associated volcanic arc.

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Grass Mountain (Benton County, Oregon)

Grass Mountain is a tall mountain in the Central Oregon Coast Range in the U.S. state of Oregon. Oregon Coast Range and Grass Mountain (Benton County, Oregon) are mountains of the Oregon Coast Range.

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Igneous rock

Igneous rock, or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic.

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John Day River (northwestern Oregon)

The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northwestern Oregon in the United States.

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Kilchis River

The Kilchis River is a stream, about long, near the coast of northwest Oregon in the United States.

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Klamath Mountains

The Klamath Mountains are a rugged and lightly-populated mountain range in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon in the western United States. Oregon Coast Range and Klamath Mountains are mountain ranges of Oregon, Pacific Coast Ranges and physiographic sections.

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Klaskanine River

The Klaskanine River is a tributary of the Youngs River, approximately long, in northwest Oregon in the United States.

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Lamprey

Lampreys (sometimes inaccurately called lamprey eels) are a group of jawless fish comprising the order Petromyzontiformes.

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Laurel Mountain (Oregon)

Laurel Mountain is the fourth highest peak in Oregon's Central Coast Range with an elevation of. Oregon Coast Range and Laurel Mountain (Oregon) are mountains of the Oregon Coast Range.

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Lewis and Clark River

The Lewis and Clark River is a tributary of Youngs River, approximately long, in northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains of the Northern Oregon Coast Range in the extreme northwest corner of the state, entering Youngs River just above its mouth on the Columbia River at Youngs Bay. Near the river's mouth is the site of former Fort Clatsop of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

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Lists of islands

This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water, and by other classifications.

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Little Nestucca River

The Little Nestucca River is a river, approximately long, on the Pacific coast of northwest Oregon in the United States.

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Long Tom River

The Long Tom River is a tributary of the Willamette River in western Oregon in the United States.

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Luckiamute River

The Luckiamute River is a tributary of the Willamette River, about long, in western Oregon in the United States.

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Marys Peak

Marys Peak (formerly Mary's Peak and sometimes still spelled this way) is a mountain in Benton County, Oregon, United States, just southwest of Philomath. Oregon Coast Range and Marys Peak are mountains of the Oregon Coast Range.

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Marys River (Oregon)

Marys River is a tributary of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Miami River (Oregon)

The Miami River is a stream, approximately long, on the coast of northwest Oregon in the United States.

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Middle Fork Coquille River

The Middle Fork Coquille River is a tributary, about long, of the South Fork Coquille River in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Mountain beaver

The mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa)Other names include boomer, mountain boomer, ground bear, giant mole, gehalis, sewellel, suwellel, showhurll, showtl, and showte, as well as a number of other Native American terms, such as Colin, Franklin and Mortimer.

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Mountain range

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground.

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Mule deer

The mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) is a deer indigenous to western North America; it is named for its ears, which are large like those of the mule.

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Necanicum River

The Necanicum River is a river on the Pacific coast of northwest Oregon in the United States, approximately long.

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Nehalem River

The Nehalem River is a river on the Pacific coast of northwest Oregon in the United States, approximately long.

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Nestucca River

The Nestucca River flows for about through forests near the Pacific coast of northwest Oregon in the United States.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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North American river otter

The North American river otter (Lontra canadensis), also known as the northern river otter and river otter, is a semiaquatic mammal that lives only on the North American continent throughout most of Canada, along the coasts of the United States and its inland waterways.

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Northern Oregon Coast Range

The Northern Oregon Coast Range is the northern section of the Oregon Coast Range, in the Pacific Coast Ranges physiographic region, located in the northwest portion of the state of Oregon, United States. Oregon Coast Range and northern Oregon Coast Range are mountain ranges of Oregon.

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Northern spotted owl

The northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) is one of three spotted owl subspecies.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Oregon Coast

The Oregon Coast is a coastal region of the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Oregon Route 18

Oregon Route 18 is a state highway that runs between the Oregon Coast, near Lincoln City, and Newberg.

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Oregon Route 38

Oregon Route 38 is an Oregon state highway that runs between the city of Reedsport, on the Oregon Coast, and an interchange with Interstate 5 near the communities of Curtin and Anlauf.

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Orographic lift

Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over rising terrain.

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Pacific Coast Ranges

The Pacific Coast Ranges (officially gazetted as the Pacific Mountain System in the United States) are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along the West Coast of North America from Alaska south to Northern and Central Mexico.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Peregrine falcon

The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a cosmopolitan bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae.

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Physiographic region

Physiographic regions are a means of defining Earth's landforms into distinct, mutually exclusive areas, independent of political boundaries. Oregon Coast Range and Physiographic region are physiographic sections.

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Picea sitchensis

Picea sitchensis, the Sitka spruce, is a large, coniferous, evergreen tree growing to just over tall, with a trunk diameter at breast height that can exceed 5 m (16 ft).

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Pileated woodpecker

The pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is a large, mostly black woodpecker native to North America.

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Rain

Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity.

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Rain shadow

A rain shadow is an area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from prevailing winds, known as its leeward side.

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Rock Creek Wilderness

The Rock Creek Wilderness is a wilderness area comprising within the Siuslaw National Forest on the Oregon Coast.

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Rogers Peak

Rogers Peak is the highest mountain in Tillamook County, Oregon. Oregon Coast Range and Rogers Peak are mountains of the Oregon Coast Range.

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Rupelian

The Rupelian is, in the geologic timescale, the older of two ages or the lower of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series.

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Saddle Mountain (Clatsop County, Oregon)

Saddle Mountain is the tallest mountain in Clatsop County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Oregon Coast Range and Saddle Mountain (Clatsop County, Oregon) are mountains of the Oregon Coast Range.

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Salmon River (Lincoln County, Oregon)

The Salmon River flows from the Central Oregon Coast Range to the Pacific Ocean coast of northwest Oregon in the United States.

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Salmonberry River

The Salmonberry River is a tributary of the Nehalem River, about long, in northwest Oregon in the United States.

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Sea level

Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.

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Siletz River

The Siletz River flows about to the Pacific Ocean through coastal mountains in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Siletz River Volcanics

The Siletz River Volcanics, located in the Oregon Coast Range, United States, are a sequence of basaltic pillow lavas that make up part of Siletzia.

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Siltcoos River

The Siltcoos River is a stream on the central coast of the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Siuslaw National Forest

The Siuslaw National Forest is a national forest in western Oregon in the United States.

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Siuslaw River

The Siuslaw River is a river, about long, that flows to the Pacific Ocean coast of Oregon in the United States.

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Skipanon River

The Skipanon River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, on the Pacific coast of northwest Oregon in the United States.

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Smith River (Umpqua River tributary)

The Smith River is a tributary of the Umpqua River in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Snow hydrology

Snow hydrology is a scientific study in the field of hydrology which focuses on the composition, dispersion, and movement of snow and ice.

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Southern Oregon Coast Range

The Southern Oregon Coast Range is the southernmost section of the Oregon Coast Range, in the Pacific Coast Ranges, located in the southwest portion of the state of Oregon, United States, roughly between the Umpqua River and the middle fork of the Coquille River, beyond which are the Klamath Mountains. Oregon Coast Range and southern Oregon Coast Range are mountain ranges of Oregon.

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Steelhead

Steelhead, or occasionally steelhead trout, is the anadromous form of the coastal rainbow trout or Columbia River redband trout (O. m. gairdneri, also called redband steelhead).

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Threatened species

A threatened species is any species (including animals, plants and fungi) which is vulnerable to extinction in the near future.

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Thuja plicata

Thuja plicata is a large evergreen coniferous tree in the family Cupressaceae, native to the Pacific Northwest of North America.

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Tillamook River

The Tillamook River is a stream, about long, near the coast of northwest Oregon in the United States.

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Trask River

The Trask River is in northwestern Oregon in the United States.

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Trout

Trout (trout) is a generic common name for numerous species of carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the genera Oncorhynchus, Salmo and Salvelinus, all of which are members of the subfamily Salmoninae in the family Salmonidae.

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Tsuga heterophylla

Tsuga heterophylla, the western hemlock or western hemlock-spruce, is a species of hemlock native to the west coast of North America, with its northwestern limit on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and its southeastern limit in northern Sonoma County, California.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Coast_Range

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Oregon Coast Range, the Glossary

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See also

Mountains of the Oregon Coast Range

Pacific Coast Ranges

References