Western Rocky Mountains

Rocky Mountains also Rock·ies (r

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

Rocky Mountains - the chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide

Rockies

Mount 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

Translations

Rocky Mountains

pl the Rocky Mountains → die Rocky Mountains pl

Rocky Mountains npl the Rocky Mountains → le Montagne Rocciose

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Abies lasiocarpa
Arkansas River
bighorn
bighorn sheep
bristlecone pine
Centennial State
Cimarron
CO
Colorado
Colorado Springs
mountain goat
mountain sheep
Ovis canadensis
Pinus aristata
Rockies
Rocky Mountain bee plant
Rocky Mountain bighorn
Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine
Rocky Mountain dogbane

Monarchs set out for the Southland in September and October from a range reaching from the western Rocky Mountains to the eastern Sierra Nevadas, arriving here a month or so later.

ROYAL VISITORS; MONARCH BUTTERFLIES ARRIVE, BUT THEY'RE STILL A RARE ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

western kingbird

western ladies' tresses

western larch

western lowland gorilla

Western Malayo-Polynesian

western meadowlark

Western mountain ash

western mugwort

western narrow-mouthed toad

Western Ocean

western omelet