Rocky Mountains

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geographical region mountain mountain range

The Rocky Mountains are a major North American mountain range stretching from Canada through the western United States, known for their high peaks, rugged terrain, and significant influence on the region’s climate and ecology.

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All labels observed (24)

Label	Occurrences
Rocky Mountains canonical	426
Canadian Rockies	58
Rocky Mountain region	11
American Rocky Mountains	1
American Rocky Mountains region	1
Canadian Rockies region	1
Central Rocky Mountains	1
Colorado Rocky Mountains	1
Northern Rocky Mountains	1
Rocky Mountain	1
Rocky Mountain System	1
Rocky Mountain landscapes	1
Rocky Mountains (distant)	1
Rocky Mountains (east)	1
Rocky Mountains (northern section)	1
Rocky Mountains (physiographic region, broadly construed)	1
Rocky Mountains in Montana	1
Rocky Mountains of western Montana	1
Rocky Mountains region	1
Rocky Mountains system	1
Rocky Mountains to the west	1
Southern Rocky Mountains	1
northern Rocky Mountains	1
rocky mountains	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ mountain ⓘ mountain range ⓘ
age	Mesozoic–Cenozoic ⓘ
climate	alpine climate ⓘ continental climate ⓘ
contains	Rocky Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Canadian Rockies Front Range of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ surface form: Front Range San Juan Mountains ⓘ Sawatch Range ⓘ Teton Range ⓘ
containsProtectedArea	Banff National Park ⓘ Grand Teton National Park ⓘ Jasper National Park ⓘ Rocky Mountain National Park ⓘ Yellowstone National Park ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
elevation	4401 m ⓘ
extendsFrom	northern British Columbia ⓘ
extendsTo	New Mexico ⓘ
forms	Continental Divide ⓘ surface form: Continental Divide of the Americas
geologicalOrigin	Laramide orogeny ⓘ
hasEcosystem	alpine tundra ⓘ coniferous forests ⓘ
highestPoint	Mount Elbert ⓘ
influences	regional climate ⓘ regional ecology ⓘ
knownFor	alpine environments ⓘ high peaks ⓘ rugged terrain ⓘ
locatedIn	Rocky Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ western North America ⓘ
majorRiverSourceFor	Colorado River ⓘ Columbia River ⓘ Missouri River ⓘ Rio Grande ⓘ
orogeny	Laramide orogeny ⓘ
partOf	Rocky Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
passesThrough	Alberta ⓘ British Columbia ⓘ Colorado ⓘ Idaho ⓘ Montana ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Rocky Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ Utah ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ
popularFor	hiking ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ skiing ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ

Referenced by (516)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

western United States → hasPart → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Great Basin → borders → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

mule deer → foundIn → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Douglas fir → nativeTo → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

contiguous United States → containsGeographicalFeature → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

U.S. Route 50 → crossesMountainRange → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Colorado Yule marble → region → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Mountain States → characterizedBy → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Mountain States → hasMajorMountainRange → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Interior West → locatedBetween → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Old West → includesRegion → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Lincoln Highway (historic alignment via U.S. 40) → passesThrough → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Great Plains → borders → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Ponderosa pine → nativeTo → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Interstate 80 → regionServed → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

southwestern United States → borderedBy → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

subject surface form: Southwestern United States

Denver, Colorado, United States → locatedNear → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Denver, Colorado, United States → isEconomicCenterOf → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rocky Mountain region

Denver, Colorado, United States → isCulturalCenterOf → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rocky Mountain region

Denver, Colorado, United States → isTransportationHubFor → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rocky Mountain region

British Columbia → contains → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Columbia River → sourceRegion → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Front Range Urban Corridor → borderedBy → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rocky Mountains to the west

Mount Elbert → locatedIn → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Mount Elbert → isHighestPointOf → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mount Elbert → parentRange → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Alberta → locatedIn → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canadian Rockies region

Alberta → hasGeographicFeature → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Mountain bluebird → breedsIn → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Western Hemisphere → contains → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Inland Northwest → borders → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Columbia Plateau → boundedBy → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Americas → containsSubregion → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Mountain Time Zone → namedAfter → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Oregon Trail → crosses → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Marble, Colorado → locatedIn → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Interstate 70 → traversesRegion → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Brooks Range → mountainSystem → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

California Zephyr → passesThrough → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Columbia Mountains → separatedFrom → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Missouri River → sourceLocation → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Farallon Plate → influencedFormationOf → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Great Northern Railway → crossedMountainRange → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862 → regionAffected → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Colorado Plateau → borderedBy → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Calgary → locatedNear → Rocky Mountains ⓘ

Rocky Mountains → locatedIn → Rocky Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Mount Elbert

Rocky Mountains → contains → Rocky Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canadian Rockies

Rocky Mountains → partOf → Rocky Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Canadian Rockies