Rockies

Japanese: Rockies
Rockies

…A large folded mountain range that runs from northwest to southeast in the western part of North America. Also known as the Rockies. It stretches for 4,500 km from British Columbia in Canada to New Mexico in the United States, and continues south to the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Rockies" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…北アメリカ大陸西部を北西から南東に走る大褶曲山脈。別称ロッキーズRockies。カナダのブリティッシュ・コロンビア州からアメリカ合衆国ニューメキシコ州にかけて,4500kmの長さをもち,南はメキシコの東シエラ・マドレ山脈に続く。…

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