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White Mountains

mountains, Alaska, United States
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  • The Alaskan mountain ranges and the Mackenzie and Yukon river basins and their drainage networks.
    Alaskan mountains
    / Physiography of the central ranges

    , the White Mountains) with average elevations of about 4,000 to 5,000 feet and a few ridges rising some 1,000 to 2,000 feet (300 to 600 meters) above those uplands. Many peaks exceed 6,000 feet in that sector. No glaciers are present in the region, and permafrost…

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    , the White Mountains) with average elevations of about 4,000 to 5,000 feet and a few ridges rising some 1,000 to 2,000 feet (300 to 600 meters) above those uplands. Many peaks exceed 6,000 feet in that sector. No glaciers are present in the region, and permafrost…

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