SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The words “Mountain states” generally refer to the U.S. States which encompass the U.S. Rocky Mountains. These are oriented north-south through portions of the states of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rocky Mountain Region. From “Guide to Your National Forests and Grasslands (PDF)”, 2006. The Rocky Mountain Region of the U.S. Forest Service includes eleven national forests and grasslands in Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Rocky Mountains are a mountain range in the western United States. For as long as 3, 000 miles (4, 800 km), they stretch from New Mexico in the south through British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, to Alaska in the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Rocky Mountains stretch 3, 000 miles (4, 800 kilometers) in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico in the southwestern United States.