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Rocky Mountains

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Noun

1. rockies, rocky mountains

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rocky Mountains

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plural noun
the chief mountain system of W North America, extending from British Columbia to New Mexico: forms the Continental Divide. Highest peak: Mount Elbert, 4401 m (14 439 ft). Denali (6190 m (20 308 ft)), in the Alaska Range, is not strictly part of the Rocky Mountains

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Rocky Mountains

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mountain system in W North America, extending from central N.Mex. to N Alas.: over 3,000 mi (4,828 km) long; highest peak, Mt. McKinley

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rocky Mountains

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A major mountain system of western North America extending about 3,200 km (2,000 mi) from northern British Columbia to central New Mexico and rising to 4,399 m (14,433 ft) at Mount Elbert in central Colorado. The system includes numerous ranges and forms the Continental Divide. The Rocky Mountain Trench runs along the western side of the mountains in British Columbia, Canada.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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