Rocky Mountains also Rock·ies (r k  z) A major mountain system of western North America extending more than 4,827 km (3,000 mi) from northwest Alaska to the Mexican border. The system includes numerous ranges and forms the Continental Divide. Its highest elevation is Mount Elbert, 4,402.1 m (14,433 ft), in central Colorado. In Canada the Rockies rise to 3,956.5 m (12,972 ft) at Mount Robson in eastern British Columbia. Sections of the mountains were explored by Coronado, Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, and Simon Fraser. |
Rocky Mountains, Rockies
pl n
(Placename) the chief mountain system of W North America, extending from British Columbia to New Mexico: forms the Continental Divide. Highest peak: Mount Elbert, 4399 m (14 431 ft.). Mount McKinley (6194 m (20 320 ft.)), in the Alaska Range, is not strictly part of the Rocky Mountains
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| Noun | 1. |  Rocky Mountains - the chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divideMount Elbert - the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,431 feet high) North America - a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama Pike's Peak - a mountain peak in the Rockies in central Colorado (14,109 feet high) San Juan Mountains - a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains Selkirk Mountains - a range of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern British Columbia Wheeler Peak - a mountain peak in northeastern New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains |
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Rocky Mountains
pl the Rocky Mountains → die Rocky Mountains pl
Rocky Mountains npl the Rocky Mountains → le Montagne Rocciose
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