Author: Paul C. Standley

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-19

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781333997281

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Excerpt from Flora of Glacier National Park, Montana Glacier National Park lies in northwestern Montana along the main range of the Rockies. It embraces an area of square miles, nearly all of which consists of masses of high mountains. On the north it adjoins British Columbia and Alberta; eastward stretch the prairies of the Blackfoot Indian Reservation, and to the west lie the mountains and heavy forests of the Flathead Valley. The Continental Divide runs along the crest of the chief mountain ridge. The drainage of the west (pacific) slope of the park is couse quently into the Columbia River, while on the east (atlantic) slope it is partly to Hudson Bay and partly to the Missouri River. From one point, Triple Divide Peak, the drainage is partly into each of the three systems. The highest peaks of the region reach an altitude of but little more than meters feet), but the elevation of the surrounding country is comparatively low (950 meters on 'the west slope and meters on the east slope), so that the mountains are quite as imposing in appearance as many of those in the southern Rockies which have a much greater elevation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Flora of Glacier National Park, Montana (Classic Reprint) written by Paul C. Standley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Flora of Glacier National Park, Montana Glacier National Park lies in northwestern Montana along the main range of the Rockies. It embraces an area of square miles, nearly all of which consists of masses of high mountains. On the north it adjoins British Columbia and Alberta; eastward stretch the prairies of the Blackfoot Indian Reservation, and to the west lie the mountains and heavy forests of the Flathead Valley. The Continental Divide runs along the crest of the chief mountain ridge. The drainage of the west (pacific) slope of the park is couse quently into the Columbia River, while on the east (atlantic) slope it is partly to Hudson Bay and partly to the Missouri River. From one point, Triple Divide Peak, the drainage is partly into each of the three systems. The highest peaks of the region reach an altitude of but little more than meters feet), but the elevation of the surrounding country is comparatively low (950 meters on 'the west slope and meters on the east slope), so that the mountains are quite as imposing in appearance as many of those in the southern Rockies which have a much greater elevation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.