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Rocky Mountains

[ rok-ee moun-tnz ]

plural noun

  1. the chief mountain system in North America, extending from central New Mexico to northern Alaska. Highest peak, Denali, 20,300 feet (6,187 meters).


Rocky Mountains

plural noun

  1. 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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Rocky Mountains

  1. Major mountain chain of western North America , running from Alaska to Mexico .
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Origin of Rocky Mountains1

First recorded in 1800–05; translation of Canadian French les Montagnes des Roches, from Cree ²¹²õ¾±²Ô¾±Ë™·É²¹³¦¾±²â²¹, plural of ²¹²õ¾±²Ô¾±Ë™·É²¹³¦¾±²â, equivalent to ²¹²õ¾±²Ô¾±Ë™-, combining form of asiniy “stone, rock†+ waciy “mountain,†originally referring to the Canadian Rockies
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The Colorado River provides water for cities from Denver to Los Angeles, 30 Native tribes and farming communities from the Rocky Mountains to northern Mexico.

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“It was like a winter wonderland,†Dunn told Red Bull Music Academy of the comfortably appointed studio in the Rocky Mountains.

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Meteorologists have also warned that a polar vortex is making its way toward the northern Rocky Mountains and northern Plains in the middle of the countryand is expected to land this weekend.

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The Colorado River provides water for cities from Denver to Los Angeles, 30 Native tribes and farmlands from the Rocky Mountains to northern Mexico.

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Stretching 5000km along the Indian Ocean's 90-degree east longitude and nearly matching the length of North America's Rocky Mountains, the ridge offers crucial new insights into the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates.

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