The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America.The Rocky Mountains stretch 3,000 mi (4,800 km) in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico in the southwestern United States.Depending on differing definitions between Canada and the United States, its …

Prairie in North America is usually split into three groups: wet, mesic, and dry. They are generally characterized by tallgrass prairie, mixed, or shortgrass prairie, depending on the quality of soil and rainfall.. Wet. In wet prairies the soil is usually very moist, including during most of the growing season, because of poor water drainage.The resulting stagnant water is conducive to …

Las Animas is the Statutory City that is the county seat, the most populous community, and the only incorporated municipality in Bent County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 2,410 at the 2010 United States Census. Las Animas is located on the Arkansas River, just west of its confluence with the Purgatoire River (or "Purgatory River"), in southeast Colorado east of …

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Ute people are from the Southern subdivision of the Numic-speaking branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family, which are found almost entirely in the Western United States and Mexico. The name of the language family was created to show that it includes both the Colorado River Numic language (Uto) dialect chain that stretches from southeastern California, along the Colorado …

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The U.S. State of Colorado is divided into 64 counties.Two of these counties, the City and County of Broomfield and the City and County of Denver, have consolidated city and county governments.Denver serves as the state capital.Counties are important units of government in Colorado since there are no civil townships or other minor civil divisions.. El Paso County with …

The origin of the English word gun is considered to derive from the name given to a particular historical weapon.Domina Gunilda was the name given to a remarkably large ballista, a mechanical bolt throwing weapon of enormous size, mounted at Windsor Castle during the 14th century. This name in turn may have derived from the Old Norse woman's proper name …

Latino definition, of or relating to people of Latin American origin or descent, especially those living in the United States: Latino business owners;Latino audiences;the Latino community;Latino immigrants. See more.

Wienerschnitzel is an American fast food chain founded in 1961 (as "Der Wienerschnitzel") that specializes in hot dogs.Despite the name, the company does not sell Wiener schnitzel, only selling it once as a promotional item.Wienerschnitzel locations are found predominantly in California and Texas, though others are located in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, New …