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Excerpt from University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Vol. 2
The Cascade Mountain Range, or Cascade Mountains Province, runs from the northern to the southern boundary and divides the state into two sections, of which the eastern is slightly the larger. The mountain range trends approximately 10� east of north and continues uninterruptedly into British Columbia, but on the south the Columbia River separates the Washington Cascades from the Cascades of Oregon. Near the northern border of the state the range is wide, extending from the Mount Baker Range on the west to Mount Chop-aka, 100 miles to the east. In the central part of the state it is more compact, being some 60 miles wide in the vicinity of Mount Rainier. Farther south it expands to approximately 100 miles.
The Cascades of Washington possess five great volcanic cones. These are Mount Baker feet elevation) on the north, Glacier Peak feet) in the north-central part, Mount Rainier feet) in the central area, and Mount Adams feet) and Mount St. Helens feet) on the south. Excluding these vol canio peaks, the crests of the Cascades have a relatively uniform level descending from an average of feet at the north to feet at the south. Ranges jutting southeastwardly from the north central Cascades parallel elongate intermontane valleys. These include the Entiat and Wenatchee mountains. The latter range reaches the Columbia River and forms an important barrier to mammalian movements.
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