 By way of comparison, Niagara Falls, wide with a drop of only , would be dwarfed by Dry Falls.The North Cascade Range in Washington is part of the American cordillera, a mountain chain stretching more than from Tierra del Fuego to the Alaska Peninsula, and second only to the Alpine-Himalayan chain in height.Although only a small part of the Cordillera, mile for mile, the North Cascade Range is steeper and wetter than most other ranges in the conterminous United States.