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{{Infobox mountain range
| name=Rainbow Range
| other_name=Rainbow Mountains
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| country=Canada
| region_type=[[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
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| period=8 million years ([[Miocene]])
| orogeny=[[Anahim hotspot]] [[volcano|volcanism]]
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| highest=[[Tsitsutl Peak]]
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| range_lat_d=52|range_lat_m=40|range_lat_NS=N
| range_long_d=125|range_long_m=50|range_long_EW=W
| region_code=CA
| lat_d=52|lat_m=43|lat_s=24|lat_NS=N
| long_d=125|long_m=46|long_s=48|long_EW=W
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The '''Rainbow Range''', formerly known as the '''Rainbow Mountains''',<ref>{{BCGNIS|23243|Rainbow Range}}</ref> is a [[mountain range]] in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], located {{convert|40|km|mi}} northwest of [[Anahim Lake]]. Named '''Tsitsutl''', which now is the name of [[Tsitsutl Peak|its highest peak]] and meaning "rainbow mountains" in the [[Ulkatcho]] dialect of the [[Carrier language]],<ref>[http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/tweeds_s/nat_cul.html#conservation BC Parks, South Tweedsmuir Provincial Park page, Conservation section]</ref> is on the western edge of the [[Chilcotin Plateau]], adjoining the [[Pacific Ranges]] of the [[Coast Mountains]] to the south, and the [[Kitimat Ranges]] of the Coast Mountains to the north. In some classification systems it is considered part of the Coast Mountains and has been assigned here in Wikipedia to the Pacific Ranges although it is not formally part of that range-complex.
It lies north of the [[Bella Coola River|Bella Coola]] and [[Atnarko River]]s and south and west of the [[Dean River]], which curves around its north flank, and is relatively drier in climate and easier of terrain than more mountainous areas immediately west.
==Geology==
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Image:Rainbow Range Slopes.jpg|Slopes of the Rainbow Range
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[[Category:Anahim Volcanic Belt]]
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