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Montana is home to 14 amphibian species and 20 species of reptiles. Birds of Montana. There are at least 427 species of birds found in Montana. [7] Molluscs of Montana. There are at least 42 species of freshwater bivalves (clams and mussels) known in Montana. [8] There are also at least 155 species of gastropods found in Montana. [9 ...
This is a list of mountain ranges in the state of Montana. Montana is the fourth largest state in the United States and is well known for its mountains. The name "Montana" is Spanish for "Mountain". Representative James Mitchell Ashley (R-Ohio), suggested the name when legislation organizing the territory was passed by the United States ...
The Montana landmarks emphasize its frontier heritage, the passage of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Montana's contributions to the national park movement, and other themes. Three sites in Montana extend across the Idaho or North Dakota state line, and are listed by the National Park Service as Idaho NHLs or North Dakota NHLs.
[4] [3] The second table below ranks the 50 most prominent summits of Montana. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation. [5] The third table below ranks the 50 most isolated major summits of Montana.
Montana is the only one of the first 48 states lacking a completed battleship being named for it. Alaska and Hawaii have both had nuclear submarines named after them. Montana is the only state in the union without a modern naval ship named in its honor. However, in August 2007, Senator Jon Tester asked that a submarine be christened USS Montana ...
Due to the eastern location, these mountains are drier and less densely forested than other mountain ranges in Montana. There are at least 40 alpine lakes in the range, 15 of which are named. The Crazy Mountains sit in both Gallatin National Forest and Lewis and Clark National Forest .
Pryor Mountain terrain. The Pryor Mountains are a 145,000-square-mile (380,000 km 2) region of Montana and Wyoming. [6] The Pryor Mountains consists of Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary rocks [7] the most prominent unit is limestone (known as the Madison Group limestone) laid down about 300 million years ago.
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.