The cordillera is a system of mountain rages which reaches from the Artic Circle to the southern.

The Rocky Mountain of Canada and the Unites States is the Sierra Madre of mexico

The Rockies themselves are made up of more than  60 mountains ranges and extend  approximately
3,000 miles

The Rocky Mountains Flora:

When someone climbs the Rockies they can see many different climate zones. A person could see the same climate zones in a trip from the Great Plains to the Arctic Ocean. The flora in the Rockies has flowers, pines and willows. Snow and ice covers the ground almost all year long.

The Great Divide

The Rockies are part of the divide of North America. The divide is so big that it`s called the Great Divide. Some rivers in the Colorado Rockies are the Colorado River, the Arkansas River and the Rio Grande.

The Colorado River flows through the Grand Canyon.

Some rivers in the Northern Rockies are the Columbia River, the Mackenzie River and the Peace River Of Canada.

The Columbia River is the largest river flowing into the Pacific Ocean from North America.