Continental Ranges facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Continental Ranges
Location map of the Continental Ranges
Dimensions
Area	65,091 km2 (25,132 sq mi)
Geography
Country	Canada
Range coordinates	52°00′N 117°30′W / 52.000°N 117.500°W / 52.000; -117.500
Parent range	Canadian Rockies

The Continental Ranges is a major grouping of mountain ranges in the Rocky Mountains located in eastern British Columbia and western Alberta. It is a physiographic designation for use by geologists and is not used by the general public; it is not recognized in Alberta, and does not appear on topographic maps, although the names of its subranges (the Kootenay, Park or Main Ranges, and Front Ranges) are in common use. It is the largest and best-known of the three main such subdivisions of the Canadian Rockies, the others being the Hart Ranges and the Muskwa Ranges.

Sub-ranges

There are three main subdivisions of the Continental Ranges: the Front Ranges, the Park Ranges, and the Kootenay Ranges. Each of those three subdivisions is further divided into individual ranges as follows:

• Front Ranges
  • Bare Range
  • Bighorn Range
  • Bosche Range
  • De Smet Range
  • Elk Range
  • Fairholme Range
  • First Range
  • Fisher Range
  • Goat Range
  • Greenhills Range
  • High Rock Range
  • Highwood Range
  • Jacques Range
  • Kananaskis Range
  • Lizard Range
  • Maligne Range
  • Miette Range
  • Murchison Group
  • Nikanassin Range
  • Opal Range
  • Palliser Range
  • Queen Elizabeth Ranges
  • Ram Range
  • Sawback Range
  • Slate Range
  • Taylor Range
  • Vermilion Range
  • Victoria Cross Ranges
  • Whitegoat Peaks
  • Wisukitsak Range
• Park Ranges, also known as the Main Ranges.
  • Blackwater Range
  • Blue Range
  • Bow Range
  • Chaba Icefield
  • Clemenceau-Chaba
  • Columbia Icefield
  • Drummond Group
  • Freshfields
  • Harrison Group
  • Hooker Icefield
  • Kitchen Range
  • Le Grand Brazeau
  • McKale-Chalco Divide
  • Mitchell Range
  • Morkill Ranges
  • Ottertail Range
  • Rainbow Range
  • Royal Group
  • Selwyn Range
  • Spray Mountains
  • Sundance Range
  • The Ramparts
  • Trident Range
  • Van Horne Range
  • Vermilion Range
  • Wapta Icefield
  • Waputik Icefield
  • Waputik Mountains
    • President Range
  • Winston Churchill Range
• Kootenay Ranges
  • Beaverfoot Range
  • Brisco Range
  • Hughes Range
  • Stanford Range
  • Van Nostrand Range

See also

In Spanish: Cordilleras Continentales para niños