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The Sierra Nevada and the Tetons are among the mountain ranges formed by means other than tectonic movement. Many mountain ranges are formed by fault block shifts up and down as well as sculpting by erosion, volcanoes and glaciers. The mountains that we see are most often the result of many complex interactions over long periods of time.
Fault zones are areas where there are many interconnected faults.
It gets so many Earth Quakes because it is under a fault line. Plates under the Earth's surface rub against each other and create Earth Quakes.
There are very deep cracks in the stone structure of the Earth, known as fault lines, that are involved in earthquakes, and several fault lines run through California; Florida does not have fault lines (although it does have hurricanes).
The Rocky Mountain's area is 8,256 acres.
Rocky Mountain Horses can be many colors, but are often a chocolate-brown color with a flaxen (cream) mane and tail.
Not likely!
The Rocky Mountains are a range of mountains in the western United States, not a single mountain. Many people (amateurs and pros alike) climb them.
Five, of course.
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Yes, the U.S. has mountain ranges. The Rocky Mountains and the Ozarks, plus there are many more.
Gold because there are many minerals in this here mountain range.
THERE ARE 1356 MOUNTAIN IN THE ROCKIES
More than 10
about 500 to 600 a year
Yes. The cougar, or mountain lion is found in many areas of the Rockies.