The mountains that run along California's coastline are the Coast Range Mountains. The tallest mountain in California is Mount Whitney and the range that separates California and Nevada is the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
The Sierra Nevada Mountains make us the large spine of running roughly north to south in California. Another smaller range that form the true eastern border are the White Mountains. The true eastern "edge" of California is the western border of the Great Basin region which is made up of a large number of small ranges and valleys.
The Cascades
Rocky mtns
The mountains on the east side of the state are the Blue Mountains. In the West are the Cascades and the mountains along the coast are the Coast Range
Two mountain ranges in California are the Sierra Nevada Range and the Cascade Range. The Sierra Nevada Range stretches along the eastern side of the state, while the Cascade Range runs along the northern border with Oregon.
The ROCKIES.
The general term for these mountains in North America is the Pacific Coast Ranges, which run from the Gulf of Alaska to Panama : - The Chugach Mountains of Alaska - The Saint Elias Mountains of Alaska and west-central Canada (includes Mount Logan) - The Cascades range of Canada, Washington, Oregon, and northern California, along with lower mountains of the Insular range of British Columbia, the Olympic Mountains of western Washington, the Klamath Mountains, the Oregon Coast Range and the California Coast Range - The Santa Lucia Range of central California - The Sierra Nevada range of southern California - The Sierra Madre range of southern California - The Peninsular Range of California and Mexico - The Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico - The Sierra Madre del Sur in Mexico In South America, the major range is the Andes, along with the Cordillera Occidental of Peru and the Chilean Coastal ranges such as the Vizcachas and Pirulil mountains.
Coastal range.
The rocky mountains
Pacific Coast
The ocean current flowing southward along the western coast of the United States to northern Baja California is called the California Current.
Sierra Mountains and the Cascade Mountains.
First off, His name is spelled, Cabrillo. C-A-B-R-I-L-L-O. He sailed along the coast of Present -day California.Incorrect! Juan Cabrilho was a Portuguese explorer and "Cabrilho" is the correct spelling. "Cabrillo" is a Spanish spelling of his name.
Appalachian mountains
namib desert runs along the coast