Montana–Alberta border area

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The Montana–Alberta border area is a sparsely populated, largely rural region along the Canada–United States boundary where the Canadian province of Alberta meets the U.S. state of Montana, characterized by prairie landscapes, ranching, and cross-border river systems.

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Surface form Occurrences
Montana–Canada border 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border region
rural area
borderDefinedBy 49th parallel north
borderEstablishedBy Convention of 1818 NERFINISHED
bordersProvince Alberta NERFINISHED
bordersState Montana NERFINISHED
borderSurveyedBy International Boundary Commission NERFINISHED
climateClassification semi-arid
containsProtectedArea Glacier National Park (Montana) NERFINISHED
Waterton Lakes National Park NERFINISHED
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park NERFINISHED
countryBorderBetween Canada NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
crossedByRiver Belly River NERFINISHED
Milk River NERFINISHED
St. Mary River NERFINISHED
Waterton River NERFINISHED
governedByAgency Canada Border Services Agency NERFINISHED
U.S. Customs and Border Protection NERFINISHED
hasBorderCrossing Carway–Piegan Border Crossing NERFINISHED
Coutts–Sweetgrass Border Crossing NERFINISHED
Del Bonita Border Crossing NERFINISHED
Wild Horse Border Crossing NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic cold winters
continental climate
largely rural
sparsely populated
warm summers
hasDominantLandUse cattle ranching
grain cultivation
hasEconomicActivity cross-border trade
dryland farming
oil and gas extraction
ranching
hasLandscapeType foothills
prairie
hasNearbyUrbanCenter Great Falls, Montana NERFINISHED
Lethbridge NERFINISHED
hasTransportationRoute Alberta Highway 2 NERFINISHED
Interstate 15 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 89 NERFINISHED
locatedInCountry Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInRegion Western Canada NERFINISHED
Western United States NERFINISHED
locatedInSubregion Canadian Prairies NERFINISHED
Northern Great Plains NERFINISHED
partOfEcoregion Northern mixed-grass prairie
partOfHydrologicalBasin Missouri River basin NERFINISHED
Saskatchewan River basin NERFINISHED

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Milk River borderRegion Montana–Alberta border area
U.S. Route 89 hasTerminus Montana–Alberta border area
this entity surface form: Montana–Canada border