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USA PAGE MONTANA PAGE
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Land Statistics
Land Area
(land) 145,552 sq miles
(water) 1,490 sq miles
(TOTAL) 147,042 sq miles
Land Area (all states)
here!
Horizontal Width 552 miles
Vertical Length 321 miles
Note: Maximum lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections Bordering States (4) Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming
Counties (56) map here! County (largest by population) Yellowstone, 129,352
Geographic Center approximately 12 miles to the west of Lewistown, in Fergus County
 Highest Point Granite Peak, 12,799 ft.
 Lowest Point is along the Kootenai River, south of the Canadian border (1,800 ft.)
Latitude and Longitude here!
Mean Elevation (average) 3,411 ft.
Relative Location here!
Landforms Landforms
Montana's western third is covered by over 50 individual ranges of the Rocky Mountains, with the most significant being the Big Belt, Bitterroots, and Lewis. Glacier National Park, considered the most rugged place in the continental 48 states, is home to numerous (unclimbed) ice covered peaks.
The Continental Divide (an imaginary line) indicates the absolute highest points of land, where on either side of same rivers will flow downhill, east or west. That divide runs from northwestern Canada, south along the crests of the Rocky Mountains of Montana, then south all the way into Mexico, where it follows the peaks of the Sierra Madre Occidental.
The Great Plains of North America slope east from the Rocky Mountains and cover the balance of Montana's land; rolling hills, wide river valleys and acres of prairie grass cover the landscape for as far as the eye can see.
The Gallatin, Jefferson and Madison Rivers come together to form the headwaters of the Missouri River as it rises in southern Montana and flows, in a winding path, all the way to St. Louis, Missouri, a distance of over 2,500 miles.
The Yellowstone River, beginning in southwestern Wyoming, flows across the state into North Dakota, where it joins the Missouri.
Smaller rivers and streams are commonplace, as well as alpine lakes, tundra and glacier ice in the higher elevations of the northern mountains.
For a detailed look at the topography of Montana, view this map.
Landforms of America here!
Landforms of North America here!
Rivers of North America here!
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