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The Teton Mountain Range in Wyoming, a subset of the Rocky Mountains Map of the Rocky Mountains of western North America. The Mountain states (also known as the Mountain West or the Interior West) form one of the nine geographic divisions of the United States that are officially recognized by the United States Census Bureau.
USGS map colored by paleogeological areas and demarcating the sections of the U.S. physiographic regions: Laurentian Upland (area 1), Atlantic Plain (2-3), Appalachian Highlands (4-10), Interior Plains (11-13), Interior Highlands (14-15), Rocky Mountain System (16-19), Intermontane Plateaus (20-22), & Pacific Mountain System (23-25) The legend ...
Division 7: West South Central (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas) Region 4: West. Division 8: Mountain (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) Division 9: Pacific (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington) Puerto Rico and other US territories are not part of any census region or census ...
Laramie Mountains Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range of Colorado is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains of North America; Massifs (large mountain masses) Mount Elbert Massif [8] – highest summit of the Rocky Mountains; Mount Massive Massif [9] – second highest summit of the Rocky Mountains
The Santa Fe Mountains at the southern end of the Rockies as seen from the Sandia Crest in New Mexico The summits of the Teton Range in Wyoming. The name of the mountains is a calque of an Algonquian name, specifically Plains Cree ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᐩ asinîwaciy (originally transcribed as-sin-wati), literally "rocky mountain / alp".
Physiographic divisions of the western United States include three mountain systems: the Rocky Mountain System (areas 16–19), the Cascade–Sierra Nevada (23), and the Pacific Border Province (24). Physiographic divisions of Mexico include three mountain systems: the Sierra Madre Oriental , the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre del ...
The Rocky Mountain region is the highest region of the United States by average elevation. The Rocky Mountains generally contain fairly mild slopes and wider peaks compared to some of the other great mountain ranges, with a few exceptions, including the Teton Range in Wyoming and the Sawatch Range in Colorado.
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