The Geography of the Rocky Mountains explained

It's a dream to visit once

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the Mission Range is in the wrong spot lmao

very educational!

I live in the Rockies in BC 🇨🇦

Why does it sound like this mountain range was named by a 3 year old?

It may sound strange, but North America doesn’t have just one continental divide. It has several, and the continent ultimately drains into three oceans — not two.

North America is split by the Continental Divide into Pacific and everything else. East of the Rockies, additional divides send water toward the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic, Hudson Bay, and the Arctic Ocean.

The Laurentian Divide — the second major divide — begins near the eastern slopes of the Rockies, close to the Canada–U.S. border, and runs eastward. North of it, rivers flow either toward Hudson Bay or, beyond another northern divide, toward the Arctic. South of it, water drains either into the Mississippi or the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence.

There is also the Eastern Continental Divide, which runs north–south along the Appalachian Mountains and separates rivers flowing directly into the Atlantic from those heading to the Gulf of Mexico.

So technically, it’s three oceans — Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic — and five major divides, not just one.

I watch this for schoolwork

divide creek on the alberta/bc border also splits in two, one to the pacific, the other to the hudson bay

I’m in my 70s when I was learning geology in school we were told the Rockies was from the top of Alaska all the way south to the tip of South America. The local names were just different.

Can anyone please tell me where you can find such maps at 9:50 where you see a tilted map with clear vertical exaggerated elevation??? Thanks

The Rocky Mountains are not near one of the largest mountains in the world, significant in size and mass but considered in the largest category

where is your accent from? I love it

I wish you had mentioned the third ocean the Rocky mountains feed, the Arctic.

Very unbalanced review, for starters the Rocky mountain trench is mentioned but, thats it. The mountains in Canada are litrally a different rock to the US portion.

0:25 Nothing is pouring out.

Love Canadian rocky mountains!!!!! Driving, camping, and hiking alone is heaven on earth.
Gosh, 10+ now.

lmao in the first 20 seconds of the video there's already shitty stock footage of a skier in the Alps, not the Rockies, and a camper pouring nothing out of the jug. bye

0:22 Is no one else bothered by the fact that no liquid comes out of the coffee pot 😭

Men in 1860's and 1870's had something to love because native Americans preserved the landscape too. Although inhabiting it for millennia.

To sum it up.... the rocky mountains are mountains with common characteristics of mountains. The main exception being, they exist in specified region of the planet depending on which government entity you ask. Got it.

Nice video 👍

Wow, what an incredible deep dive into the Rocky Mountains! 🏔✨ I’m absolutely blown away by the quality of your storytelling and the stunning visuals. The way you explained the physical geography and the mystery of the 'North Two Ocean Creek' was simply fascinating! 🌊🤔 It’s rare to find such educational yet captivating content. I’ve learned so much about the Continental Divide today! 🗺 Huge thanks to FactSpark for this masterpiece. You definitely deserve way more recognition for your hard work! Keep shining and bringing us these geographical gems! 💎🔥🌈 Love from a big fan! 💖✨

Hurry, someone go move that rock!!

I grew up in the foothills of Chicopee mountain in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Check it out.

World population is too big, tourism is too busy, and too many people think it’s a petting zoo. The magnificence has been depleted.

Gulf of America is correct not Gulf of Mexico

No mention of the Triple Divide in Montana!?! I think y’all need to make another video.

I’ve driven east/west thru southern Wyoming. Barren boring land

If I squint hard enough, the video thumbnail rendering almost makes it look like the west coast of North America was seared by a blowtorch or electric arc blast. Interesting.

I don't doubt that it is one of the longest and most broad and vast mountain ranges in the western part of the United States and what is so stunning about that part of the country just like the Appalachian range and all the land it reaches and not just its core either. I say there is something special about both really considering they both still exist so why not appreciate them. And since I enjoy music and the visuals that speak to that and there are a great many American Landscape Documentaries with shots from camera footage from folks who know what it is they want to show.

I live in uk so finding out all this stuff is brilliant keep up the good work when can you do UTAH X

The only one bigger than Yellowstone volcanicly is Taupo 'round these parts. Damn Pacific ring of fire.

Sehr interessanter Bericht

Rocky Mountain high is not just in Colorado as the song goes

Not sure why, but I am finding this incredibly beautiful. Love mountains. Love the West. (I am an American who has lived outside the U.S. since 1986.

The Rocky Mountains frontal compression extends all the way to Big Bend NP in Texas....

Learned alot here. Thank you.
Our family will be visiting for the second time next year.

Canada to the north,Mexico to the south

Well done

0:25, nothing worse than an empty coffee pot. Excellent content.

no water from the kettle????

Thanks, fascinating. I wish we had a few more mountainous areas here in Australia, but millions of years of erosion have flattened us out somewhat.

shes pouring that kettle at 25seconds but nothing is coming out what the heck

You ignored northern New Mexico! The Valles Caldera is a fascinating volcano and the Taos pueblo is definitely worth a mention.