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Most rivers east of the Rocky Mountains drain into the Mississippi River drainage system and then into the Gulf of Mexico through New Orleans, Louisiana. Some drain directly into the Gulf (the Trinity River in Texas being one) and others drain directly into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Why are there no canyons east of the Rocky Mountains?
Thereare canyons east of the Rocky Mountains, but they are small compared to those in the Rockies. The Rockies have had a geologically recent uplift, so the canyons carved by the rivers are relatively young (thus well defined) and deep. Canyons in the east are smaller and have had time to be substantially eroded.
What rivers are by the rockies like If i were to use the beginnings of rivers as a guide where would the main chain of the rocky mountains be located?
the rockies are located between the Rio grande in the south & the liard river in the north & of course they themselves shed dozens of rivers to their east & west perhaps most notably the Missouri & Columbia systems respectively
Rockies are to mountains as Amazon is to?
rivers.
Can rivers drain into other rivers?
Yes.
Name the rivers that drain velds?
Snake Rivers
Is Kansas is east of the rockies?
Yes.
Why only Narmada and Tapi rivers flow from east to west?
Most of the rivers originates from east flow towards south or sourtwest but only Narmada & Tapi rivers flow from east to west because of the faulted zones and drain into Arabian sea. ( if you know better answer than this please add). and it also passes through a rift valley between vindhya and satpura ranges
Did the Oregon trail have any natural barriers?
the Colorado Rockies, and rivers
What is adverb in the sentence The San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers have tributaries that mainly drain into the central valley?
The adverb is mainly. It modifies the verb "drain" to say that the rivers do not entirely drain into the valley.
What in The rockies determines the direction that rivers flow?
Continental Divide
Where does Mexico's rivers drain into?
Gulf of Mexico
What two rivers drain the northern part of the great basin?
Columbia and the Snake Rivers
