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Mountains of the USA
1. Mountains of the USA
2.
The United States has a varied landscape with manymountain ranges and other physical features.
A few of the major mountain ranges in the United
States are
the Appalachian Mountains,
the Rocky Mountains,
the Alaska Range,
the Cascades,
the Sierra Nevada.
3. Some of the major mountain ranges in the United States include:
SOME OF THE MAJOR MOUNTAINRANGES IN THE UNITED STATES
INCLUDE:
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Cascades
Sierra Nevada
4. Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountainsare a major mountain
range in North America,
running 3,000 miles
across the US and
Canada, from western
Canada to the state of
New Mexico.
5. Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains are about 1,500 miles long, andtraverse the US states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, New Jersey,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.
6. Cascades
The Cascade Range along the West Coast of theUnited States extend from Canada into the US states
of Washington, Oregon, and California. These
mountains were formed as part of the Pacific Ring of
Fire, and have volcanoes, including Mount St. Helens
and Lassen.
7. Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada mountains, located in the states ofCalifornia and Nevada, are about 400 miles long.
The name Sierra Nevada is Spanish for "snowy
mountains".