The Southern Rockies of Colorado have the greatest amount of area, between 3,300 and 4,400 m, and the highest peak, Mount Elbert (4,400 m). The summits of the ranges rise 1,500 to 2,100 m above adjacent lowlands, to heights 1,800 to 4,400 m above sea level. The belt varies in width from less than 100 km in the Canadian Rockies to nearly 600 km in the Middle Rockies of Wyoming and northeast Utah. The Rocky Mountains comprise more than 100 individually named ranges that form a belt extending for slightly more than 5,000 km, from near Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the south to the Bering Sea on the north (Fig. The Rocky Mountains rise abruptly above the bordering regions, particularly on the east and northeast where they are flanked by plains, less so on the west and southwest where they are bounded by high plateaus. The Rocky Mountain region is one of the most topographically distinct and impressive parts of North America.
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