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Washington Lake. The lakes of the White Cloud Mountains are located within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area of Custer County, Idaho. There are hundreds of lakes in the mountains, and most of the lakes were created by alpine glaciers. Many of the lakes are small and unnamed. [1]
There are at least 3,223 named lakes and reservoirs in Montana.The following list contains lists of lakes and reservoirs in Montana by county. A lake is a terrain feature (or physical feature), a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin (another type of landform or terrain feature; that is not global).
Relief map of Montana. The state's topography is roughly defined by the Continental Divide, which splits much of the state into distinct eastern and western regions. [4] Most of Montana's hundred or more named mountain ranges are in the state's western half, most of which is geologically and geographically part of the northern Rocky Mountains.
Missoula is the largest city in Western Montana and the second-largest in the state after Billings. Western Montana, though faring better than much of the nation, was the portion of the state hit hardest by the current economic downturn. [6] [7] The closing of Smurfit-Stone Container in 2009 alone caused the loss of over 2000 jobs through 2012. [8]
The valley contains the major cities of Boise, Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell, Twin Falls, Idaho Falls, and Pocatello. The plain served as an easy pass through the Rocky Mountains for westward-bound settlers on the Oregon Trail , and many settlers chose to settle the area rather than risking the treacherous route through the Blue Mountains and the ...
The Henrys Lake Mountains, highest point Sheep Point, el. 10,609 feet (3,234 m), [1] (See also [2]) are a small mountain range northwest of West Yellowstone, Montana, in Madison County, Montana. These mountains are also referred to as the Lionhead Mountains, and straddle the Continental Divide along the Idaho-Montana border.
The Coeur d'Alene Mountains are the northwesternmost portion of the Bitterroot Range, part of the Rocky Mountains, located in northern Idaho and westernmost Montana in the Western United States. The mountain range spans an area of 2,590 square miles (6,708 km 2 ) and its two highest peaks are the 7,352-foot (2,241 m) Cherry Peak and the 6,837 ...
Baker Lake (Blaine County, Idaho) Baker Lake (Custer County, Idaho) Baron Lake (Idaho) Bear Lake (Custer County, Idaho) Bear Lake (Idaho–Utah) Bench Lakes (Idaho) Benedict Lake; Big Boulder Lakes; Big Fall Creek Lake; Big Lost Lake; Blue Jay Lake; Blue Rock Lake; Bluebox Lake; Boardman Lake (Idaho) Lake Bonneville; Born Lakes; Boulder Chain ...