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Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains or Rockies, great chain of rugged mountain ranges in western
North America, extending from central New Mexico to northeastern British
Columbia, a distance of about 3220 km (about 2000 mi). The Great Basin and the
Rocky Mountain Trench, a valley running from northwestern Montana to northern
British Columbia, border the Rockies on the east by the Great Plains and on the
west. The Rocky Mountains form part of the Great, or Continental, Divide, which
separates rivers draining into the Atlantic or Arctic oceans from those flowing
toward the Pacific Ocean. The Arkansas, Colorado, Columbia, Missouri, Rio
Grande, Saskatchewan, and Snake rivers rise in the Rockies. The Rockies may be
divided into four principal sections—Southern, Central, Northern, and
Canadian. The Southern Rockies, which include the system's broadest and highest
regions, extend from central New Mexico, through Colorado, to the Great Divide,
or Wyoming, Basin, in southern Wyoming. This section, which encompasses Rocky
Mountain National Park, is composed chiefly of two northern-southern belts of
mountain ranges with several basins, or parks, between the belts. The component
parts include the Sanger de Crisco and Laramie mountains and the Front Range, in
the east, and the San Juan Mountains and the Swatch and Park ranges, in the
west. The Southern Rockies include the chain's loftiest point, Mount Elbert
(4399 m/14,433 ft high), in central Colorado. More than 50 other peaks of the
Rockies rising above 4267 m (14,000 ft) are in Colorado; these include Longs
Peak (4345 m/14,255 ft high) and Pikes Peak (4301 m/14,110 ft high). The Central
Rockies are in northeastern Utah, western Wyoming, eastern Idaho, and southern
Montana. They encompass the Bighorn; Bear tooth, and Unite Mountains and the
Absaroka, Wind River, Salt River, Teton, Snake River, and Wasatch ranges. The
Unite Mountains are the only major portion of the Rockies that extends east west
rather than north south. Among the peaks of the Central Rockies, which include
Grand Eton and Yellowstone national parks, are Gannett Peak (4207 m/13,804 ft
high), Grand Eton (4197 m/13,771 ft high), and Fremont Peak (4185 m/13,730 ft
high). The Northern Rockies are in northern Idaho, western Montana, and
northeastern Washington. They include the Saw tooth, Cabinet, Salmon River, and
Clearwater Mountains and the Bitterroot Range. The loftiest points in the
section, which includes Glacier National Park, are Granite Peak (3901 m...
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