| 词条 | Marble Mountains (Siskiyou County) |
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| name = Marble Mountains | native_name = | other_name = | etymology = | photo = | photo_caption = | country = United States | state = California | region = Shasta Cascade | district = Siskiyou County | topo_map = Boulder Peak | topo_maker = USGS | border = | range_coordinates = {{coord|41|34|43.482|N|123|5|31.148|W|type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | highest = | elevation_m = 2516 | coordinates = | length_mi = | length_orientation = | width_mi = | width_orientation = | area_mi2 = | geology = | orogeny = | period = | map = California | map_relief = yes | map_size = 220 | map_caption = Location of Marble Mountains in California [1] }} The term Marble Mountains is a common misnomer for the northwestern portion of the Salmon Mountains in which Marble Mountain is located. The Salmon Mountains are themselves a sub-range of the Klamath Mountains in northwestern California. The misnomer derives from the fact that Marble Mountain, a prominent limestone peak and the namesake of the surrounding Marble Mountain Wilderness Area, is commonly confused as the name of the mountain range to which it belongs. Geographically, Marble Mountain is a single mountain, not the name of a range of mountains. Nonetheless, the term "Marble Mountains" is commonly applied not only to Marble Mountain itself but as a colloquial name for the larger northwestern portion of the Salmon Mountains in which Marble Mountain is located. The {{convert|242500|acre|km2|sing=on}} Marble Mountain Wilderness is a forested area and contains 89 lakes stocked with trout. Large streams have steelhead trout and salmon. Bear, deer and other wildlife are plentiful. Long recognized for its wild value, this region became a Primitive area in 1931, a Wilderness in 1953, and a part of the National Wilderness Preservation System in 1964. The area where Marble Mountain now exists was once part of the flat bottom of an ancient, shallow ocean. Millions of years ago, violent volcanic upheavings and the erosive cutting action of rivers and glaciers combined to form the Marble Mountains. Marble Mountain itself is composed primarily of prehistoric marine invertebrates. Almost all the lakes of the Marble Mountains were formed by ancient glacial activity. The Pacific Crest Trail runs through the wilderness for {{convert|32|mi|km}}. The Marble Mountain Wilderness features an unparalleled diversity of plant life found nowhere else in the state. More species of conifers (17) live in proximity here than any place else in the world. These trees include the Brewer's spruce, incense cedar, Western Juniper; white, subalpine, and Shasta red fir; Engelmann spruce, mountain hemlock, Pacific yew; and whitebark, knobcone, foxtail, lodgepole, sugar, ponderosa, and Western white pine. Marble Mountain form part of the drainages of the Salmon, Scott, and Klamath rivers. Marble Mountain can be reached by trail access via State Route 96 between Hamburg and Somes Bar, State Route 3 via the Scott River Road between Scott Bar and Fort Jones or State Route 3 via Salmon River Road. References1. ^{{cite gnis|id=266972|name=Marble Mountains|accessdate=2009-05-04}} 5 : Klamath Mountains|Mountain ranges of Siskiyou County, California|Klamath National Forest|California Coast Ranges|Mountain ranges of Northern California |
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