Editing Geography of California (section)

===Klamath Mountains===
[[File:Canyon Creek Lakes (3618410685).jpg|thumb|upright|Alpine tarn in the [[Trinity Alps]]]]
The [[Klamath Mountains]] are a [[mountain range|range]] in northwest California and southwest Oregon, the highest peak being [[Mount Eddy]] in [[Trinity County, California]], at {{convert|9037|ft|m}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=1223|title=Klamath Mountains|work=Peakbagger|access-date=2015-12-16}}</ref> The range has a varied geology, with substantial areas of [[Serpentine group|serpentine]] and [[marble]]. The climate is characterized by moderately cold winters with heavy snowfall and warm, very dry summers with limited rainfall.<ref>{{cite book|year=2006|first1=C.N.|last1=Skinner|first2=A.H.|last2=Taylor|first3=J.K.|last3=Agee|chapter=Klamath Mountains bioregion|title=Fire in California's Ecosystems|editor1-first=N.G.|editor1-last=Sugihara|editor2-first=J.W.|editor2-last=van Wagtendonk|editor3-first=J.|editor3-last=Fites-Kaufman|editor-first4=K.E.|editor4-last=Shaffer|editor-first5=A.E.|editor-last5=Thode|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley, CA|pages=170–194}}</ref> As a consequence of the geology, the mountains have a unique flora, including several endemic or near-endemic species, such as [[Lawson's Cypress]] (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) and [[Foxtail Pine]] (Pinus balfouriana). [[Brewer's Spruce]] ''(Picea breweriana)'' and [[Kalmiopsis]] ''(Kalmiopsis leachiana)'' are relict species, remaining since the [[Wisconsin glaciation|last ice age]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://botany.si.edu/projects/cpd/na/na16c.htm|title=KLAMATH-SISKIYOU REGION, California and Oregon, U.S.A.|work=North America Regional Centre of Endemism|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=2011-11-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606112322/http://botany.si.edu/projects/cpd/na/na16c.htm|archive-date=2011-06-06}}</ref>