| Monashee Mountains are a mountain range
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| | construction of the Grand Coulee Dam) in
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| in British Columbia, Canada covering the
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| | Washington State. Some definitions may
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| areas of British Columbia (78%) and
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| | place the northern limit at the
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| Washington (22%) and extending 530 km
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| | Coldstream Valley, east of Vernon,
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| from north to south and 150 km from east
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| | British Columbia, as that is the southern
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| to west. They belong to the Columbia
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| | limit of the Shuswap Highland.
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| mountain range. Neighbouring in the west
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| | To the east of the Okanagan Highland are
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| are the Selkirk Mountains. Monashee
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| | the Monashee Mountains, some definitions
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| Mountains are limited from the east by
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| | of which include the Okanagan Highland as
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| Columbia River and Arrow Lakes, to the
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| | well as portions of the Shuswap Highland.
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| west by upper North Thompson River,
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| | The Thompson Plateau is the southernmost
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| Shuswap Lake and Okanagan Lake. Its north
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| | portion of the Interior Plateau of
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| end is in Robson Valley at Valemount BC.
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| | British Columbia, Canada, lying between
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| Peaks include Hallam Peak (3,205 m) and
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| | Okanagan Lake and the Thompson River. Its
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| Cranberry Mountain (2,872 m). Between
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| | southwestern edge abuts the Canadian
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| Revelstoke and Shuswap Lake the range is
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| | Cascades portion of the Cascade Range,
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| crossed by Highway 1, the Trans-Canada
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| | more or less following the line of the
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| Highway and the mainline of the Canadian
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| | Similkameen River, its tributary the
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| Pacific Railway thorough Eagle Pass.
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| | Tulameen River, and a series of passes
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| Monashee Mountains' southern end is a
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| | from the area of Tulameen, British
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| subject of major mining activities.
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| | Columbia to the confluence of the
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| In some descriptions of the Monashees, a
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| | Thompson River with the Nicoamen River, a
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| region known as the Okanagan Highland is
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| | few miles east of Lytton, British
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| included. It lies between the Kettle
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| | Columbia. Its northwestern edge runs
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| River and Okanagan Lake, south of the
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| | approximately from the city of Vernon,
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| Shuswap River. Within this area is the
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| | British Columbia through the valley of
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| small Sawtooth Range, which lies between
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| | Monte Creek to the junction of the same
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| the uppermost Shuswap River (E) and Mabel
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| | name just east of the city of Kamloops.
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| Lake (W).
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| | Northeast of that line is the Shuswap
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| Also sometimes included is the portion of
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| | Highland.
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| the Shuswap Highland south of the North
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| | Some definitions include the Bonaparte
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| Thompson River, the boundary of which
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| | Plateau, which lies in the angle of the
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| extends south to the Okanagan Highland.
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| | Thompson and Bonaparte Rivers, and south
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| Mountains
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| | of the uppermost reaches of that river
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| Mount Monashee 3274m
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| | and a small tributary of the North
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| Hallam Peak 3205m
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| | Thompson, Lemieux Creek.
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| Thor Mountain 3146m
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| | The dominant landscape of the Thompson
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| Mount Odin 2971m
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| | Plateau is a high, almost plains-like
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| Cranberry Mountain 2872m
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| | rangeland fairly heavily forested with
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| The Pinnacles 2607m
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| | subalpine forest and tamarack swamp,
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| The Okanagan Highland, also known as the
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| | plunging steeply to the valleys of the
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| Okanogan Highland in the United States,
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| | Thompson and Okanagan on its outer
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| is a plateau-like hilly area in British
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| | perimeter. In its core is the broad and
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| Columbia, Canada. It lies between the
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| | open rangeland of the Nicola Valley, at
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| Okanagan Valley on its west and the
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| | the focus of which is the town of
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| Kettle River on its east, and
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| | Merritt, British Columbia. Towards its
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| geologically is more or less an extension
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| | southern edges, the plateau is fairly
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| of the Thompson Plateau, which lies west
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| | mountainous and includes the ski area at
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| of the Okanagan. Its northern perimeter
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| | Apex, British Columbia, as well as the
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| is the valley of the Shuswap River, while
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| | small but rugged Okanagan Range which
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| its southern limit is the FDR Reservoir
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| | runs south from there to the confluence
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| (formerly the Columbia River before the
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| | of the Similkameen and Okanagan Rivers.
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