Montana Geography

Montana Geography, Montana Facts

About half of Alabama

Montana is bordered by Canada on the north and by Idaho and Wyoming on the south. On the east, Montana is bordered by North and South Dakota, and on the west, it is bordered by Idaho.

Major rivers in Montana include the Clark Fork River, the Missouri River, and the Yellowstone River.

The eastern three-fifths of Montana is covered by the Great Plains. The Great Plains are high, gently rolling areas with wide river valleys. The western portion of the state rises up in tall, rugged Rocky Mountain country. There are more than 50 mountain ranges in this region; they have provided Montana its name and yielded a fortune of gold and silver.

The Continental Divide separates waters running west into the Pacific Ocean and east to the Atlantic Ocean, and runs through the Rocky Mountain Region. Montana is the only state that has rivers that drain into the Gulf of Mexico, Hudson Bay, and the Pacific Ocean.

Geography Information from Teachersfirst.com

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