Many Kinds of Mountains

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Alpine meadows dominated by sedges and shrubby heathers clothe the southern Coast Mountains. Garibaldi Provincial Park. Robert Cannings.
This is a photograph of alpine meadows, in the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia. An alpine hut sits in the middle ground.
British Columbia's mountain ranges represent a wide range of habitats – they are different ages, made of different kinds of rocks, affected by different climates and often they support different species of plants and animals.
The glaciated mountaintops of the southern interior plateaus are low and rounded. Apex Mountain. Robert Cannings.
This is a photograph of low and rounded glaciated mountaintops at Apex Mountain in the southern interior plateaus of British Columbia.
The Rocky Mountains in eastern British Columbia are raised layers of sedimentary rocks formed on the floors of ancient seas. Mount Robson Provincial Park. Robert Cannings.
This is a photograph of the Rocky Mountains in eastern British Columbia, in Mount Robson Provincial Park.
At 3,954 metres, Mount Robson is the highest point in the Canadian Rockies. Douglas Leighton.
This is a photograph of Mount Robson, in the Canadian Rockies and its reflection in a lake.
The mountain meadows of British Columbia's interior region are famous for their flowers in summer. Manning Provincial Park. Robert Cannings.
This is a photograph of a mountain meadow with wildflowers in bloom at Manning Provincial Park in British Columbia's interior region.
Mountains in the northern interior region are often heavily glaciated and eroded. Mountains east of Atlin. Robert Cannings.
This is a photograph of the heavily glaciated and eroded mountains east of Atlin, British Columbia, in the northern interior region of the province.
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