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    The Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in...
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    Willamette River and Tributaries Gallery Forest 3c Prairie Terraces 3d Valley Foothills 4a Western Cascades Lowlands and Valleys 4b Western Cascades Montane Highlands...
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  • is called the Pacific Maritime Ecozone. 4 Cascades 5 Sierra Nevada 9 Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills 11 Blue Mountains 15 Northern Rockies 16 Idaho...
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    Columbia Plateau (ecoregion) (category Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands in the United States)
    Foothills ecoregion contains the lower elevation, northwest-facing slopes of the eastern Blue Mountains, with perennial streams fed by snow melt from the...
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    the North Cascades ecoregion, on the south by the Klamath Mountains ecoregion, on the east by the Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills, and on the west...
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    around Medford and Ashland, Grants Pass, and Cave Junction. The Oak Savanna Foothills ecoregion consists of moderately sloping mountain foothills bordering...
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    Continental Zone Foothills ecoregion consists of foothills, hills, and scattered buttes lying between Oregon's Blue and Wallowa mountains and the northwestern...
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    ecoregions include: Cascade Mountains leeward forests - Temperate coniferous forest biome (WWF) Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills (ecoregion) – Northwestern...
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    WWF and the EPA divide the mountains into three ecoregions: the Sierra Nevada, the Klamath Mountains, and the Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills (occurring...
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  • Nearctic realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome: Eastern Cascades forests (Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills) Great Basin montane forests Klamath–Siskiyou...
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    Fort Hall Indian Reservation. The Semiarid Foothills ecoregion consists of foothills, alluvial fans, hills, and valleys that separate the Snake River Plain...
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    bowl-like basin east of the Cascades. Cold air damming causes this Arctic air to bank up along the eastern Cascade slopes, especially into the lower passes...
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    The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon...
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    slopes significantly influence native plant communities; they are products of the prevailing topographic trend. Forests on steep, north-facing slopes...
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    Mount Adams (Washington) (category Cascade Volcanoes)
    places it and the immediate area in two different level three eco-regions: the Cascades eco-region and the Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills eco-region...
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    killed, and two others were wounded before the gunman committed suicide. Bend sits on the boundary of the Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills, a Level...
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    on drier, south- and west-facing slopes underlain by sandstone. Pastureland or hayland occur on nearly level ridgetops, benches, and valley floors. Population...
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    system, scattered hills, buttes, and adjacent foothills. It is distinguished from the neighboring Coast Range, Cascades, and Klamath Mountains ecoregions...
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    terrestrial ecoregions span three biogeographic realms: the Nearctic, Neotropical, and Oceanian realms. Alaska is the most biodiverse state with 15 ecoregions across...
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    Columbia Plateau ecoregion and higher elevations falling within the Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills. Bighorn sheep, mule deer, and elk are among the large...
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  • Thumbnail for Mississippi Valley Loess Plains (ecoregion)
    and generally more forested than neighboring 74b. The carved loess has a mosaic of microenvironments, including dry slopes and ridges, moist slopes,...
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    densely forested and dissected than the lower relief Central Plateau to the south. Steep slopes and narrow ridges of carbonate and sandstone underlie...
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    Cross Timbers (category Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands in the United States)
    savanna, and woodland, it forms part of the boundary between the more heavily forested eastern country and the almost treeless Great Plains, and also marks...
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  • Thumbnail for Northern Basin and Range ecoregion
    and sagebrush grassland. North-facing slopes may support Douglas-fir, lodgepole pine, subalpine conifers, aspen, and snowberry. South-facing slopes may...
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    Madrean Sky Islands (category Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests)
    island region merges into the higher elevation eastern Mogollon Rim and the White Mountains of eastern Arizona (southern Anasazi region). The sky islands...
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    across the Gulf coast from eastern Louisiana to Florida, forms the majority of Florida, and forms the coastlines of Georgia and much of South Carolina. It...
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  • Thumbnail for Arizona/New Mexico Mountains ecoregion
    part of and is the southern region of the Colorado Plateau. The north region of the Colorado Plateau covers eastern Utah/western Colorado and is the Colorado...
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    the broad upland flats, ridges, and slopes, minor glacial till outcrops occur near the base of some of the side slopes. Silty clay loam soils have developed...
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    with gentle south slopes and steeper north-facing slopes are common, and the heterogeneous region has a mix of clayey, loamy, and sandy soils. It has...
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    designated as part of the North Cascades ecoregion. The Volcanics ecoregion consists of steeply sloping mountains and capes underlain by fractured basaltic...
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