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Cascade Range

a chain of mountains in the States of Oregon and Wash- ington. It takes its name from the cascades formed by the Columbia river breaking through the mountains. It is a California, and is nearly parallel with continuation of the Sierra Nevada of the Pacific coast. Some of the highest peaks are Mt. Hood, 11,225 feet, Mt. Jefferson in Oregon, and Mt. Tacoma in Washington, 14,444 feet high.

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