Okanagan Highland

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The Okanagan Highland, also known as the Okanogan Highland in the United States, is a plateau-like hilly area in British Columbia, Canada. It lies between the Okanagan Valley on its west and the Kettle River on its east, and geologically is more or less an extension of the Thompson Plateau, which lies west of the Okanagan. Its northern perimeter is the valley of the Shuswap River, while its southern limit is the FDR Reservoir (formerly the Columbia River before the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam) in Washington State. Some definitions may place the northern limit at the Coldstream Valley, east of Vernon, British Columbia, as that is the southern limit of the Shuswap Highland.

To the east of the Okanagan Highland are the Monashee Mountains, some definitions of which include the Okanagan Highland as well as portions of the Shuswap Highland.

[edit] See also

• Quesnel Highland
• Shuswap Highland

[edit] Reference

S. Holland, Landforms of British Columbia, Province of British Columbia, 1976