The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-01
Mountain Boundaries Defined.


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The following important decisions
relating to geographic names and their
application, were made by the United
States geographic board on February
s, 1907. In reaching these decisions
the board has obtained the advice of
many of the foremost American geo.
G.aphcrs and biologists, and the de-
cisions here given are, in nearly all
cases, the result of cOncensus Of
opinion among the gentlemen con-
suited.
Cordilleras-the entire western
! Rocky Mountains-the ranges of
Montana, IDAHO Wyoming, Colorado,
New Mexico and western Texas.
| Plateau Region-the plateaus of Col
orado river and it's branches. limited
on the east by the Rocky Mountains,
on the west by the Wasatch range, and
extending from the southern end of
/ the Wassatch southWestward, south
eastward and eastward to the eastern
| boundary of Arizona, following the es-
carpment of the Colorado plateau, and
! including on the north the Green river
! basin.
Basin Ranges-All those lying be-
tween the plateau region on the east,
! the Sierra Nevada and Cascade range
on the west and the Blue mountains of
Oregon on the north, including the
Wasatch and associated ranges.
Pacific ranges-The Cascade range,
the Sierra Nevada, and the coast
ranges collectively.
Sierra Nevada-Limited on the north
by the gap south of Lassen Peak, and
on the south by Tehachipi pass.
Cascade Range-Limited on the
south by the gap south of Lassen peak
and extending northward into British
Columbia.
Coast Range-Extend northward
into Canada and southwark into Lower
California, and include all mountains
west Of Puget Sound and the William
cite, Sacramento, and San Joaquin
valleys, and southwark of Mohave des-
| ert.
Bitter Root Range-Extends from
Clarks Fork on the northwest to Mon
ida, the crossing Of the Oregon Short
Line on the southeast, including all
mountain spurs.
Mission Range-Range east and
southeast of Flathead lake, Montana
| Wasatch Range-.InCludes on the
north the Bear river range, extending
to the bend of Bear river at Soda
Springs, Idaho, and on the south ex-
tends to the mouth of San Pete river
near Gunnison, Utah.
San Juan Mountains-Include all
the mountains of southwest Colorado
south of GunnisOn river, west of San
Luis valley, and east of the Rio
Grande Southern railroad.
Sacramento Mountains-Include those
groups known as Jicarilla. Sierra
Blanca. Sacramento and Guadalupe.
Salmon River MOuntains-Include
the group in central Idaho lying south
of the main Salmon river west of Lem
| III river, llOltIl VI tollttht IlNtl, dliu
east of the valley of Weiser river.
Blue Mountains-Include all the
mountains of northeastern Oregon
with the exception of the WalloWa
mountains and extend into Washing
;on.
Sangre de Cristo Range-Extends
! from Poncha Pass. Colorado. to the
neighborhood of Santa Fe, n. Mex,
thus including the southern portion
| locally known as the Culebra range.
Front Range-Includes on the north
the Laramie Range, as far as the
crossing OF the North Platte, and on
the south includes the Pixies Peak
group.
Appalachian System-InCludeS all the
eastern mountains of the United
States from Alabama to northern
Maine.
| Blue Ridge-Includes the ridge ex-
tending from a few miles north OF
Harper's Ferry to northern Georgia.
Appalachian Plateau-Includes the
entire plateau forming the western
member of the Appalachian system
known in the north as the Allegheny
plateau and in the south as far as the
Cumberland plateau.
Ozark Plateau-The plateau in north
western Arkansas and southern Mis-
souri,.
| Quachita Mountains-The ridge OF
western Arkansas south of the Arkan-
sas river, Indian Territory, and Okla
| homa.
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