Cascade Range
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Deutsch: Die Kaskadenkette (engl. Cascade Range), auch Kaskadengebirge, ist ein Gebirgszug vulkanischen Ursprungs an der Westküste Nordamerikas. Er verläuft parallel zur Küste von de:Vancouver (de:Kanada) bis de:Medford (de:USA), und setzt sich südlich dieser Stadt unter dem Namen Sierra Nevada bis de:Los Angeles fort.
English: The Cascade Range is a mountain range that runs along the western edge of North America from California into British Columbia. It is famous for its chain of tall volcanoes called the High Cascades that run north-south along the west coast of North America from British Columbia to the Shasta Cascade area of northern California. The small part of the range in British Columbia is called the Cascade Mountains or Canadian Cascades.
Suomi: Kaskadit (engl. Cascades tai fi:Cascade Range) on aktiivisten kerrostulivuorten muodostama, yli 1100 km pitkä vuorijono Yhdysvaltain länsirannikolla, ulottuen rannikon suuntaisesti pohjois-fi:Kaliforniasta fi:Oregonin ja fi:Washingtonin osavaltioiden kautta Brittiläiseen Kolumbiaan fi:Kanadassa.
Français : La Chaîne des Cascades (Cascade Range en anglais) est une chaîne de montagnes s'étend sur la côte ouest des États-Unis entre les États de fr:Californie (5 fr:volcans), fr:Oregon (15), Washington (6) et la fr:Colombie Britannique au fr:Canada (2 volcans). Les plus connus sont :
日本語: カスケード山脈(カスケードさんみゃく、英 Cascade Range)は、ja:北アメリカ大陸の西海岸沿いを南北に走るja:山脈であり、ハイ・カズケーズ(英 High Cascades)と呼ばれる火山群で知られている。カスケード山脈はja:カナダ・ja:ブリティッシュ・コロンビア州からアメリカ・ja:カリフォルニア州北部のja:シャスタ・カスケード地方まで連なっており、カスケード山脈のうち、ja:ブリティッシュ・コロンビア州の一帯は特にカスケード山地(カスケードさんち、英 Cascade Mountains)と呼ばれている。カスケード山脈は、単にカスケーズ(英 Cascades)と省略して呼ばれることもある。
Nederlands: Het Kustgebergte (eng. Cascade Range) is een berggebied aan de westkust van nl:Canada en de nl:Verenigde Staten. Het gebied staat bekend om de vele vulkanen.
Norsk bokmål: Kaskadefjellene (eng. Cascade Range) er en no:fjellkjede som brer seg nordover fra no:Sierra Nevada vest i no:USA. Kjeden er omkring 800 km lang, består av flere no:nasjonalparker, og høyeste punkt er no:Mount Rainier med sine 4 392 meter. De høyeste toppene er nesten utelukkende «døde» no:vulkaner.
Landscapes
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Canadian Cascades and Abbotsford, BC
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North Cascades trail
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Mount Triumph
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The Thornton Lakes in Washington State
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Cascade Range from Lynnwood, Washington
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Central Washington Cascades from near Noble Knob
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Mount Rainier
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Mount Rainier, with Tacoma, Washington in foreground
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Mount St. Helens
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1982 steam eruption of Mount Saint Helens
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Mount Saint Helens summit panorama
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Early Morning Reflection at Takhlakh Lake, Mount Adams
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Mount Adams
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Mount Hood reflected in Trillium Lake
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Cascade Range near Mount Hood
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Three-Fingered Jack and Santiam Pass, Oregon
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Panoramic image of Mount Bachelor, Broken Top and The Three Sisters taken from the top of Paulina Peak
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Aerial view of Crater Lake
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Mount Shasta from the south
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Mount Shasta
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Lassen Peak
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Eagle Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park
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Cinder Cone and Jeffrey Pines, Lassen Volcanic National Park
Flora
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Whitebark pine, Mount Rainier National Park
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Brewer's Miterwort, Mount Rainier National Park
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Claspleaf twistedstalk, Mount Rainier National Park
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Yellow fawn lily, Mount Rainier National Park
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Subalpine meadow in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
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Wildflower meadow, Mount Rainier behind
Fauna
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Mountain goats, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Maps and figures
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eruptions in the last 4000 years
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volcanic Arc
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earthquake sources
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subduction zone
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Mazama bathymetry survey map