Rocky Mountains
Example Sentences
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Conditions worsened in 2026 when the river's headwaters in the southern Rocky Mountains experienced the earliest snowmelt on record.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
An abnormally dry winter resulted in a much-diminished snowpack in the Rocky Mountains, while the scorching temperatures of the hottest July ever recorded in the US have increased evaporation from the lake, he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Grandmother Sara Folger sits in the kitchen of her single-wide trailer, the Rocky Mountains looming in the distance, and remembers the Bozeman, Montana she fell in love with decades ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Wildfires pose the greatest reliability risk in the Rocky Mountains, where they can disproportionately affect rural cooperatives, according to NERC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The Rocky Mountains are too big, too long, too important to have to be imposing.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
