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Rocky Mountains

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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ROCKY MOUNTAINS DEVYN SIGARS, GLENN KRIESEL

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GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

  • Non -continuous serious of mountain ranges with geological origins
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COMPARING THE DIFFERENCE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS NOW AND THEN

  • As far as 70 million years ago the rocky mountains were dry and low
  • present day rocky mountains are high and greenfull and moist
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WHAT PLATE BOUNDARY CREATED THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

The north american plate boundary
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WHAT WAS CREATED BY THE NORTH AMERICAN PLATE

Mountains and volcanoes
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NATURAL HAZARDS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

Land slides avalanches blizzards
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IS IT STILL AFFECTED BY PLATE BOUNDARIES

Yes it is and it still has mountains being Built
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ROCKY MOUNTAINS

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FACTS ABOUT THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

  • Elevation: 14,439' (4,401 m) Highest point: Mount Elbert Passes: Independence Pass, Loveland Pass, South Pass, More
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Devyn Sigars