Rocky Mountain Trench
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The Rocky Mountain Trench is a long, broad valley running parallel to the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia, forming a major geological feature that separates the Rockies from the Columbia Mountains.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Trench canonical | 6 |
| Rocky Mountains Trench (to the east, via adjoining uplands) | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological formation
ⓘ
tectonic depression ⓘ valley ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Rocky Mountains
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Rockies
Columbia Mountains ⓘ Rocky Mountain fault system ⓘ |
| contains |
Columbia River
ⓘ
Finlay River ⓘ Fraser River ⓘ
surface form:
Fraser River headwaters
Kinbasket Lake ⓘ Kootenay River ⓘ Lake Windermere ⓘ McGregor River ⓘ McLeod Lake ⓘ Moberly Lake ⓘ Parsnip River ⓘ Peace River ⓘ
surface form:
Peace River headwaters
Revelstoke Lake ⓘ Rocky Mountain Trench lakes ⓘ Summit Lake ⓘ Williston Lake ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| ecoregion | interior wet-belt forests ⓘ |
| extendsFrom | near Flathead Lake in Montana ⓘ |
| extendsTo |
Liard River
ⓘ
surface form:
Liard River area in Yukon
|
| follows |
Rocky Mountain region
ⓘ
surface form:
Rocky Mountain front
|
| formedDuring |
Cenozoic
ⓘ
surface form:
Cenozoic era
|
| geologicalOrigin |
extensional faulting
ⓘ
normal faulting ⓘ |
| length |
about 1000 miles
ⓘ
about 1600 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British Columbia
ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ |
| notableFor |
broad, flat valley floor
ⓘ
major physiographic boundary in western Canada ⓘ parallel alignment to Canadian Rockies ⓘ |
| orientation | north–south ⓘ |
| partOf | North American Cordillera ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Cranbrook, British Columbia
Fort St. John ⓘ
surface form:
Fort St. John, British Columbia
Golden, British Columbia ⓘ Invermere ⓘ
surface form:
Invermere, British Columbia
Prince George, British Columbia, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Prince George, British Columbia
Revelstoke, British Columbia ⓘ Valemount, British Columbia ⓘ |
| province | British Columbia ⓘ |
| separates |
Rocky Mountains
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Rockies
Columbia Mountains ⓘ |
| territory | Yukon ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agriculture
ⓘ
forestry ⓘ hydroelectric reservoirs ⓘ transportation corridor ⓘ |
| width | 3 to 16 kilometres ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rocky Mountains Trench (to the east, via adjoining uplands)