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Abstract
Th e Northwestern Forested Mountains are ecologically diverse and geographically widespread, encompassing the mountain ecosystems of central and northwestern North America (CEC 1997; Figure 2.2). Th e ecoregion description is adapted from CEC (1997). Geographically, they extend from the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada north through the Siskiyous, the east side of the Cascade Range, and then east of the Coast Ranges to interior Alaska. Climatically, the region is characterized by a transition from a moist, maritime climate in the northwest, to a continental and drier climate in the Rockies in the southeast. Orographically generated rainfall creates both rain shadows and wet belts, often in close proximity.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Federal Government Series |
| Title | Northwestern forested mountains: Chapter 8 |
| Series title | General Technical Report |
| Series number | NRS-80 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station |
| Contributing office(s) | Fort Collins Science Center |
| Description | 14 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | Federal Government Series |
| Larger Work Title | Assessment of N deposition effects and empirical critical loads of N for ecoregions of the United States |
| First page | 75 |
| Last page | 88 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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