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nounthe chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide
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- milk a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
- banff a popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies
- chinook a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
- prairie rattler widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies
- western rattlesnake widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies
- bufo boreas of a great variety of habitats from southern Alaska to Baja California west of the Rockies
- heartleaf arnica wildflower with heart-shaped leaves and broad yellow flower heads; of alpine areas west of the Rockies from Alaska to southern California
- prairie rattlesnake widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies
- western toad of a great variety of habitats from southern Alaska to Baja California west of the Rockies
- chinook wind a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies