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The
Skeena Mountains, also known as
the Skeenas, are a mountain range in the north-central
Interior of the
Canadian province of
British Columbia, essentially flanking the upper basin of the
Skeena River. They lie just inland from the southern end of the
Boundary Ranges of the
Coast Mountains, and also of the northern end of the Kitimat Ranges (another subunit of the Coast Mountains). Their southern limit is described by the Bulkley River (a major tributary of the Skeena; its valley and that of the lower Skeena River are used by BC Highway 16) and the upper northwestern reaches of Babine and Takla Lakes, and on their northeast by the upper reaches of the
Omineca River. To the north the Skeenas abut the Stikine Plateau and the uppermost part of the Stikine River as well as the
Mount Edziza Plateau and
Spectrum Range, which are part of the
Tahltan Highland. Physiographically, they are a section of the larger Yukon-Tanana Uplands province, which in turn are part of the larger
Intermontane Plateaus physiographic division.
- Atna Range
- Babine Range
- Bait Range
- Driftwood Range
- Klappan Range
- Oweegee Range
- Sicintine Range
- Slamgeesh Range
- Strata Range
- Takla Range
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