Rocky Mountains Explore

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are mountains located in the western region of North America. The mountains have a very large area of ​​more than 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometers) stretching from British Columbia, to be precise in Canada and clearly visible to New Mexico, in the United States. The highest peak is Mount Elbert, in Colorado, approximately 4,401 meters) above sea level (asl). Mount Robson, at 3,954 meters is the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. The Rocky Mountain System belongs to the United States physiographic region.

Geography and geology

The Rocky Mountains are usually defined as stretching from the Wild River in British Columbia, all the way to the Rio Grande in New Mexico. These mountains can also be considered as stretching from Alaska or Mexico, but the mountains are considered part of the entire American cordillera than part of the Rockies while another mention is the Explore Rocky.

The youngest part of the Rocky Mountains was uplifted during the late Cretaceous period (140 million-65 million years ago), although parts of the southern mountains were uplifted during the Precambrian period (3,980 million-600 million years ago). The geological condition consists of a complex of igneous and metamorphic rocks; the youngest are sedimentary rocks (located along the southern boundary of the Rocky Mountains), and volcanic rocks from the Tertiary period (65 million-1.8 million years yl.) in the San Juan Mountains area and in several other areas.