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Rocky Mountains. North America’s chief mountain system, ranging from central New Mexico to northern Alaska with its highest peak being Mount McKinley (Alaska) at 20,300 feet. Also called the Rockies. The Rocky Mountain states are those states in the Rocky Mountain region, traditionally Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. The Rocky Mountain goat is a long-haired, short- horned, white antelope-like animal (Oreamnos montanus) of mountainous regions, especially the Rocky Mountains, while the Rocky Mountain canary is a humorous term for a burro coined by early prospectors in the American West. Rocky Mountain spotted fever is an infectious disease transmitted by ticks that was first reported in the Rocky Mountain area. |