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Rocky Mountains
Physical features of western North America.
The Rocky Mountains form a vast mountain system that serves as the cordilleran backbone of western North America. They extend from northern Alberta and British Columbia in Canada southward to New Mexico in the United States, covering a total distance of approximately 3,000 miles (4,800 km).12