There are three major mountain ranges in the United States: the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada, and the Appalachian Mountains.
The Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains is one of the largest mountain ranges in the US. Rocky Mountain is also the second-largest range in the world. It is approximately 3,000 miles long and stretches from the Northern part of British Columbia in Canada to New Mexico.
Mount Elbert in Colorado is the highest peak of the rocky mountain which is 14,440 feet above sea level. The Rocky Mountains are covered with forests and ice. These forests have different varieties of trees, such as juniper, pine, spruce, fir, and oak trees.
The wildlife includes bighorn sheep, badgers, grizzly bears, black bears, coyotes, elk, and white-tailed deers.
Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains are the oldest mountain ranges and stretch of 1,500 miles along the east coast of the United States from northern Alabama to Maine. The highest point of the Appalachian mountains is 6,684 feet at Mount Mitchell in North Carolina.
Trees, that can be found in Appalachian are spruce, birch, pine trees, and maple trees. The wildlife includes the animals like cottontail rabbits, squirrels, wolves, white-tailed deer, beavers, black bears, and the red-tailed hawk.
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada Mountain Range is 400 miles long and 70 miles wide, stretches along the west coast of the United States and runs north to south.
Mount Whitney is the highest point in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, which is 14,505 feet. This counts as the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states of the country.
Other Mountain Ranges:
- Adirondacks
- Alaska Range
- Cascade Range
- Brooks Range
- Ozarks