Na Sleibhte Creagacha
(en)
Rocky Mountains
(fr)
montagnes Rocheuses
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| Cineal
| Non-geologically related mountain range
(en)
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| Mor-roinn
| Meiricea Thuaidh
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| Limistear riarachain
| British Columbia, Ceanada
,
Alberta, Ceanada
,
Idaho, SAM
,
Montana, SAM
,
Wyoming, SAM
,
Utah, SAM
,
Colorado, SAM
agus
Nua-Mheicsiceo, SAM
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| Sliabhraon
| Cordailleara Mheiricea
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| Airde os cionn na farraige
| 4,401 m
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| Toisi
| 650 (
 ) ×
3,000 (
 ) km
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| Pointe is airde
| Mount Elbert
(en)
(4,401 m
)
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| Deanta as
| carraig mheiteamorfach
,
carraig dhoigheartha
agus
carraig dhriodair
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| Treimhsi stairiula
| Cailceach
agus
Reamh-Chaimbriach
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Sliabhraon mor is ea
na Sleibhte Creagacha
(
The Rocky Mountains
no
The Rockies
). Ta siad suite in iarthar
Mheiricea Thuaidh
, idir tuaiscart
na Coloime Briotanai
in iarthar
Cheanada
agus
Nua-Mheicsiceo
in iardheisceart
Stait Aontaithe Mheiricea
.
Ta an sliabhraon 3,000 mile (4,830 km) ar fhad. Ta se 70-300 mile ar leithead (110 - 480 km). Is e
Mount Elbert
i g
Colorado
an sliabh is airde sna Rockies: 4,440 troigh (4,401 m).
Reigiun turasoireachta ata ann, go mor mhor
fanaiocht
,
campail
,
iascaireachta
,
sciail
agus
clarsciail
.
Ta na Sleibhte Creagacha mar a bheadh cnamh droma Mheiricea Thuaidh. Is iad an triu sliabhraon is faide ar domhan iad.
[1]
Is e an Liard River in British Columbia teorainn thuaidh na Rockies agus is e an
Rio Grande
i New Mexico an teorainn theas. Ta sliabhraonta eile ann amhail an
Selwyn Range
i
Yukon
agus an
Brooks Range
in
Alaska
ar an taobh thuaidh den Liard, agus an
Sierra Madre
i
Meicsiceo
. Nil siadsan sna Rockies, afach, ce go bhfuil siad san
American Cordillera
.
Dar leis na Meiriceanaigh, ta na
Cabinet
agus na
Salish Mountains
in Idaho agus Montana sna Rockies, ce go bhfuil an chuid diobh ar an taobh thuaidh den
Kootenai River
, na
Columbia Mountains
, lasmuigh de na Rockies dar leis na Ceanadaigh.
Mount Timpanogos, sa Wasatch Range, gar d'
Orem, Utah
.
Cruthaioodh na Rockies tuairim is 76 milliun bliain o shin sa
Treimhse Chailceach
.
I measc na mbunduchasach sa cheantar airitear
Apache
,
Arapaho
,
Bannock
,
Blackfoot
,
Cheyenne
,
Crow
,
Flathead
,
Shoshone
, [[]],
Ute
,
Kutenai
(Ktunaxa i gCeanada),
Sekani
,
Dunne-za
. Shroich grupa faoi cheannas Spainnigh darbh ainm
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
an reigiun sa bhliain 1540, agus thainig meath mor ar na bunduchasaigh ina dhiaidh sin.
Na Rockies i gColorado
Ba e
Sir Alexander MacKenzie
an chead Eorpach a thrasnaigh na Rockies, sa bhliain 1793. Shroich se costa an Aigean Chiuin i mBella Coola in oirthear British Columbia.
Ba e turas taiscealaiochta Lewis agus Clark (1804?1806) an chead reconnaissance eolaioch ar na Rockies.
Bhi go leor
mountain men
, Francaigh, Spainnigh agus Briotanaigh ach go hairithe, sna Rockis o 1720 go 1800, sa toir ar fhionnaidh agus ar fhosuithe mianra. Bhunaigh an
North West Company
Rocky Mountain House
mar phost tradala in
Alberta
sa bhliain 1799 agus bhunaigh an
Hudson's Bay Company
Acton House sa cheantar ceanna. on naou haois deag ar aghaidh, chuir go lor Meiriceanaigh agus Ceanadaigh de phor na hEorpa futhu sna Rockies.
Tagann na milliuin turasoir chun na Rockies gach bliain. Is e an Bearla priomhtheanga an reigiuin, ach labhraitear Spainnis agus teangacha na mbunduchasach i gceantar airithe agus is teanga oifigiuil i an Fhraincis i bpairceanna naisiunta Cheanada.
Sna Stait Aontaithe, ta clu agus cail ar
Seo iad na pairceanna naisiunta sa chuid Cheanadach de na Rockies
Ta Glacier National Park in Montana agus Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta ag criochantacht lena cheile agus
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
a thugtar air seo.