Salmon Mountains

Salmon Mountains
Russian Lake in the Salmon Mountains
Highest point
Elevation	2,726 m (8,944 ft)
Geography
Salmon Mountains location of Salmon Mountains in California [1]
Country	United States
State	California
Region(s)	Klamath National Forest, Shasta-Trinity National Forest and Six Rivers National Forest
District	Siskiyou County
Range coordinates	41°12′N123°13′W / 41.200°N 123.217°W / 41.200; -123.217
Topo map	USGS  Thompson Peak

The Salmon Mountains are a subrange of the Klamath Mountains in Siskiyou and Trinity Counties in northwestern California. ^[1]

Geography

View from Salmon Mountains, as a wildfire burns below in the Salmon River Canyon.

The Salmon Mountains are a sub-mountain range within the Klamath Mountains system. The Klamath system are of the Pacific Coast Ranges series of mountain range systems that stretch along the West Coast of North America.

The Salmon range is within sections of the Klamath National Forest, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, and Six Rivers National Forest and includes portions of the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area, Russian Wilderness Area, and Marble Mountain Wilderness Area.

The Yurok and Hoopa Valley Indian Reservations are to the west. California State Route 299 runs along the south of the range.

Ecology

Ecoregion

The Salmon Mountains are within the Klamath-Siskiyou forests — Klamath Mountains ecoregion, which is part of the Temperate coniferous forests biome.

Flora

Plant communities in the range include:

• California mixed evergreen forest
• Cedar hemlock douglas-fir forest

References

1. "Salmon Mountains". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 4, 2009.

See also

• List of mountain ranges of California
• Index: Klamath Mountains System