geography...
Wild and beautiful Alaska is home to majestic mountains, glaciers, active volcanoes, huge tracks of forested land and some of the planet's most varied extremes of cold, heat, rain, snow and wind. In addition, Alaska is the most northern, western and eastern U.S. State.
Major geographical regions (north to south) include the Arctic Coastal Plain, North Slope, Brooks Mountain Range, a central upland dissected by the Yukon River, the massiveAlaska Mountain Range, the Pacific Coastal areas and eastern Inside Passage, and the Alaskan Peninsula, andAleutian Islands of the southwest.
The North Slope of the Brooks Range slopes gently north into the Arctic Coastal Plain, (or tundra). Beginning in the upper reaches of the Brooks Range, only the surface area of ice and snow thaw in spring, as the balance of the land remains frozen year-round. Melted water then flows north to the Arctic Ocean via countless streams and/or small rivers.
The Brooks Range is a collection of icy mountain peaks that form the northern front of a huge central upland area of low mountains, hills and river valleys, all dissected by the Yukon River and its tributaries.
Major geographical regions (north to south) include the Arctic Coastal Plain, North Slope, Brooks Mountain Range, a central upland dissected by the Yukon River, the massiveAlaska Mountain Range, the Pacific Coastal areas and eastern Inside Passage, and the Alaskan Peninsula, andAleutian Islands of the southwest.
The North Slope of the Brooks Range slopes gently north into the Arctic Coastal Plain, (or tundra). Beginning in the upper reaches of the Brooks Range, only the surface area of ice and snow thaw in spring, as the balance of the land remains frozen year-round. Melted water then flows north to the Arctic Ocean via countless streams and/or small rivers.
The Brooks Range is a collection of icy mountain peaks that form the northern front of a huge central upland area of low mountains, hills and river valleys, all dissected by the Yukon River and its tributaries.