| Montana is one the biggest states of the United States | | | | point reaches the 12, 799 feet on the top of Granite |
| of America. Montana borders on many state, so it has | | | | Peak. The average elevation in Montana reaches |
| a lot of neighbors. In the North Montana adjoins with | | | | 3,400 feet. |
| the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, | | | | As for physical geography of Montana, the state has |
| Saskatchewan and Alberta, in the East with South and | | | | two major areas: the mountain areas and the plains. |
| North Dakota, in the south with Idaho and Wyoming | | | | The plains are generally situated in the eastern side of |
| and in the west also with Idaho. Montana has an | | | | the state, the western region of Montana is occupied |
| interesting peculiarity - it is conditionally divided into two | | | | by the mountains. The Montana`s landscape is |
| different economic parts. The west area called Rocky | | | | admirable: from glacial ice to the beautiful green alpine |
| Mountains specializes in the delivery of metal ores and | | | | flats full of exotic trees. Some areas of Montana are |
| lumber. The East part of Montana (Great Plains) | | | | almost free of people because of the inaccessible |
| produces the gas raw materials, petroleum, coal and | | | | places. There are a lot of huge hills and nice valleys |
| agriculture products. Montana joint the United States in | | | | here. |
| the year 1889 and was the forty first state. | | | | There are four main rivers in Montana: Kootenai, |
| Montana has quite a big area and occupies the | | | | Flathead River, Clark Fork and the Missoury River with |
| territory of 147 square miles. Montana is the fourth | | | | many tributaries (Milk, Marias and Yellowstone rivers). |
| larges state in the USA. The lower point of Montana is | | | | They all drain to the Pacific Ocean. Also there is a |
| the 1,800 feet along the Kootenai river. The highest | | | | famous Flathead lake in Montana. |