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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A mountain chain of western Canada and the United States extending about 1,100 km (700 mi) south from British Columbia through western Washington and Oregon to northern California, where it joins the Sierra Nevada. Mount Rainier, 4,392 m (14,411 ft), is the highest peak and one of many snow-capped volcanic cones in the range.
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- noun a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range
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The Coast Range, sometimes called the Cascade Range, borders the Pacific coast for 900 m. and gives to it its remarkable character.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Our Cascade Range was the "nursery" for Seattle-based explorer, author and photographer James Martin, the Canadian Rockies 'Athabasca Glacier was where he learned to
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If another reintroduction effort is funded, the Cascade Range is a likely spot because it still has densely forested areas, Lewis said.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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Our Cascade Range was the "nursery" for Seattle-based explorer, author and photographer James Martin, the Canadian Rockies 'Athabasca Glacier was where he learned to
WN.com - Articles related to Keep facts straight on global warming 2010
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Forecasters said numerous mudslides were reported in the north Oregon coast, including Tillamook County and in the Cascade Range.
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The dust-up pits two institutions allied since the beginning of the 100-year-old rodeo that celebrates the buckaroo heritage of the two-thirds of Oregon east of the Cascade Range.
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The dust-up pits two institutions allied since the beginning of the 100-year-old rodeo that celebrates the buckaroo heritage of the two-thirds of Oregon east of the Cascade Range.
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Although born in San Francisco, Gary Snyder had grown up on the western slopes of Washington and Oregon, and at a young age had begun to climb the various volcanic peaks along the Cascade Range in both summer and winter.
The Typewriter Is Holy Bill Morgan 2010
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Although born in San Francisco, Gary Snyder had grown up on the western slopes of Washington and Oregon, and at a young age had begun to climb the various volcanic peaks along the Cascade Range in both summer and winter.
The Typewriter Is Holy Bill Morgan 2010
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Mr. Ag ü era y Arcas, 35, imagines these projects from a cramped office on the 22nd floor of a new high-rise in Bellevue, Wash., facing the jagged geography of the Cascade Range.
Taking on Google by Learning From Ants Nick Wingfield 2010
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