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Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains are a chain of mountains that run more than 3,000 miles from New Mexico to British Columbia in Canada.
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The mountains give us fress water. They also crate a bourder which can be good or bad, like in the middel east. They also have fertil soil which is good. This is all i can think of hope it was helpfull. 3/31/2013 4:03pm sunday
Are the Rocky Mountains folded fault block volcanic or dome?
it depends on which mountain in the rocky mountains
What six states contain the Rocky Mountains?
The Rockies also pass through the states of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado and comprise over 40 distinct mountain ranges.
Where is the highest point of the rocky mountains?
Standing at 12,972 feet (3,954 m) above sea level, Mount Robson is the highest summit in the Canadian Rockies; but the range's highest summit is in the U.S. state of Colorado. That would be Mount Elbert, standing at 14,440 feet (4,401 m). Colorado has 53 summits that are over 14,000 feet (4,267.2 m) of elevation.
What provinces of Canada are the rocky mountains in?
Alberta and british Columbia
The Rocky Mountains pass through the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. Neither of those provinces are entirely contained within the mountains, however.
British Columbia and Alberta
Alberta. :)
What is the area of flat land between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River called?
Once known as the Great American Desert it is known today as the Great Plains.
What countries do the rockies run through?
The Rocky Mountains run through the western United States into Canada almost into the Arctic region. A range of mountains similar to the Rockies run almost the entire length of Central and South America.
What city located on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains is the capital of Colorado?
There are many US cities located on near the eastern slope of the Rockies, most notably, Denver, Colorado.
How people in the rocky mountain make a living?
usually the farmers there grow corn, beans, wheat, hay, and a lot of other things. Colorado also makes money by all of the amusement parks.
Are the rockies bigger than the alps?
yes the rockies are higher on average. The rockies have 53 peaks that rise over 14,000ft above sea level and over 700 peaks that rise over 13,000ft.
EDIT: Maybe on average, as the Rockies are a wider and much longer mountain range. But the highest point in the Rockies is Mount Elbert at 14,440 ft (4,401 m) whereas Mont Blanc in the Alps is higher 4,808 metres (15,774 ft). The Alps also have 128 peaks over 4,000 metres (13,123 ft).
EDIT: I've been in both and felt there was no comparison. When you're looking at any mountain, you're looking at its vertical exposure. The Rockies rest on a massive plateau that is already often nearly a mile high. Even western Kansas is 4500 feet high. So, if you look at say Pikes Peak, a mountain that's about 14, 500 feet, you may be standing on a flat prairie to the east that is already 5000' high. So, the mountain you see is actually 9500' high. In the Alps rise out of elevations sometimes only about 1500 feet, to a height of say 14,500 so you are looking at a vertical exposure of 13,000. Much bigger than a typical Rockie. Also, the Rockies are much much older, and worn down. The Alps being newer by millions of years are more dramatic. We have few mountains in the Rockies like the Matterhorn.
Samuel and Joseph
When did Lewis and Clark reach the Rocky Mountains?
They reached it after discovering the source of the Missouri River at Three Forks, Montana.
What state is Rocky Mountain National Park located in?
Colorado?
~ Colorado is one of the rocky mountain states, there really isn't one state called "The Rocky Mountain State." There are states IN the 'Rockies' but not actually The rocky Mountain State. Those states are:
<Colorado>
<Montana>
<Wyoming>
<Nevada>
<Utah>
<Arizona>
<New Mexico>
<Idaho>
Hope I helped!(:
How many 14000 foot peaks are in Colorado?
there are 54 peaks at or above the 14,000 foot mark, if any one says there are 58 the last 4 are just under 14,000, not true 14ers heres a good sight to see an acurate list of 14ers http://www.sangres.com/mountains/index1.htm
Where are the Appalatian Mountains?
There is no mountain range called the Appalatian Mountains. Try the Appalachian Mountains instead. The Appalachian Mountains are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America. The range is mostly located in the United States but extends into southeastern Canada, forming a zone, from 100 to 300 miles (160 to 480 km) wide, running from the island of Newfoundland 1,500 miles (2,400 km) south-westward to central Alabama in the United States (with foothills in northeastern Mississippi). The system is divided into a series of ranges, with the individual mountains averaging around 3,000 ft (900 m). The highest of the group is Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina (6,684 ft or 2,037m), which is the highest point in the United States east of the Mississippi River. - Stolen wholesale from Wikipedia.
What is the tallest mountain in Colorado?
The highest point in Colorado is the summit of Mount Elbert, southwest of Leadville. Its elevation is listed as 14,443 feet (4402 m). There are 54 recognized mountains in Colorado over 14,000 feet, making Colorado the highest elevated land mass in North America.
What are the factors that influence climate in the rocky mountains?
Rocky Mountain Climate - A General Overview Weather is controlled by the flow of air, water vapour and airborne particulates. In high school, most of us learn the water cycle, with water evaporating from lakes returning to the earth as rainfall. We also learn about the diffusion of materials from areas of high concentration to areas of lower concentration. Both of these processes play a critical role in the weather around us. The actual interaction of many factors will create the final package which we see as weather.
Since warm air is lighter than cold air, it will rise. Around this column of warm air, called a convective cell, there will be a corresponding area of sinking air which rushes in to fill the vacuum created by the rising warm air. This rising and dropping of air is one of many causes of air movement which we know as wind. These convective cells can occur on a very small scale, or conversely on a much larger global scale.
As air masses of varying compositions encounter one another, they will react based on the temperature of the air mass and the corresponding air pressures. The boundary between two differing air masses is called a front. Since cold air is heavy, Cold fronts will displace warm air masses abruptly upward, showing a band of rising cumulus clouds near the boundary of the two fronts. These clouds are formed when the rapidly rising warm air reaches the condensation level, the point at which the water vapour within the clouds releases heat and forms water droplets. This release of heat increases the buoyancy of the weather system and adds to the vertical buildup of the clouds.
In the opposite situation, where a warm front moves in on a cold air mass. The warm front will climb gradually over the colder air, usually forming bands of stratus clouds at progressively higher elevation.
Climate DataElev(m)Mean
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(cm)Calgary10773.9-3.6-15.723.29.536.1-45.0300.3135.4Banff13972.9-5.3-14.922.17.434.4-51.2281.2243.8Jasper10613.1-6.0-15.622.28.036.7-46.7281.6143.9Edmonton7152.1-8.7-19.822.59.435.0-48.3357.8127.1Golden7854.6-6.0-14.424.99.440.0-46.1303.6184.0Revelstoke4436.7-2.6-8.725.311.136.7-29.4612.2445.3
All Material © Ward Cameron 2005
Are there mountain ranges in Delaware?
Answer: yes
here are the top six:
- 1. Iron Hill
2. Horseshoe Hill - 3. Chestnut Hill
- 4. Drummond Hill
- 5. Sandy Bray
- 6. Sandy Brae
What mountain range lies west of china?
Tài Shān (泰山/泰山, literally Leading Peaceful Mountain), Shāndōng, 1,545 m
west: Huà Shān (華山/华山, literally Splendid Mountain), Shănxī, 1,997 m
south: (Nán) Héng Shān (衡山/衡山, literally Balancing Mountain), Húnán, 1,290 m
north: (Běi) Héng Shān (恆山/恒山, literally Permanent Mountain), Shānxī, 2,017 m
center: Sōng Shān (嵩山/嵩山, literally Lofty Mountain), Hénán, 1,494 m
Alternatively, these mountains are sometimes referred to by the respective directions, i.e., as the "Northern Great Mountain" (北嶽/北岳 Běi Yuè), "Southern Great Mountain" (南嶽/南岳 Nán Yuè), "Eastern Great Mountain" (東嶽/东岳 Dōng Yuè), "Western Great Mountain" (西嶽/西岳 Xī Yuè), and "Central Great Mountain" (中嶽/中岳 Zhōng Yuè).
Are the Rocky Mountains located on the eastern or western part of the US?
The Rocky Mountains are located in the western part of the US, in the states of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico. They are also located in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta in Canada.
What mountain in the Rocky Mountain is 4399 metres?
The North American mountain that is 4.399m in height is called Mount Massive and it is in the Sawatch Range that lies in Colorado.
What two states on the Rocky mountain group border Arizona?
Nevada and Utah are Rocky Mountain states that border Arizona.
Similarities between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian mountains?
not much. the Appalachian mountains are old eroded mountains with not much left to them but the rockies have tall sharp jagged peaks that rise above the tree line some above 14,000 ft above sea level
How can you draw a plateau an a map?
it depends if the plateau is flat and there is no difference in elevation, then it would just be a "circle" or whatever the shape and if there is elevation then you would just be the same as the other isolines. ....?
