Rocky Mountain Trench

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The Rocky Mountain Trench is a long, broad valley running parallel to the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia, forming a major geological feature that separates the Rockies from the Columbia Mountains.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation
tectonic depression
valley
boundedBy Canadian Rockies
linked to: Rocky Mountains

Columbia Mountains
Rocky Mountain fault system
contains Columbia River
Finlay River
Fraser River headwaters
linked to: Fraser River

Kinbasket Lake
Kootenay River
Lake Windermere
McGregor River
McLeod Lake
Moberly Lake
Parsnip River
Peace River headwaters
linked to: Peace River

Revelstoke Lake
Rocky Mountain Trench lakes
Summit Lake
Williston Lake
country Canada
ecoregion interior wet-belt forests
extendsFrom near Flathead Lake in Montana
extendsTo Liard River area in Yukon
linked to: Liard River
follows Rocky Mountain front
formedDuring Cenozoic era
linked to: Cenozoic
geologicalOrigin extensional faulting
normal faulting
length about 1000 miles
about 1600 kilometres
locatedIn British Columbia
Yukon
notableFor broad, flat valley floor
major physiographic boundary in western Canada
parallel alignment to Canadian Rockies
orientation north–south
partOf North American Cordillera
passesNear Cranbrook, British Columbia
Fort St. John, British Columbia
linked to: Fort St. John

Golden, British Columbia
Invermere, British Columbia
linked to: Invermere

Prince George, British Columbia
Revelstoke, British Columbia
Valemount, British Columbia
province British Columbia
separates Canadian Rockies
linked to: Rocky Mountains

Columbia Mountains
territory Yukon
usedFor agriculture
forestry
hydroelectric reservoirs
transportation corridor
width 3 to 16 kilometres

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Columbia Mountains separatedBy Rocky Mountain Trench
Interior Plateau of British Columbia borderedBy Rocky Mountains Trench (to the east, via adjoining uplands)
linked to: Rocky Mountain Trench
Interior Ranges borderedBy Rocky Mountain Trench
Purcell Mountains borderedBy Rocky Mountain Trench
Interior Plateau borderedBy Rocky Mountain Trench
Cariboo Mountains borders Rocky Mountain Trench
Interior of British Columbia contains Rocky Mountain Trench