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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A rugged chain of the Rocky Mountains along the Idaho-Montana border, rising to over 3,460 m (11,360 ft). The Bitterroot River rises in the central part of the range and flows about 135 km (85 mi) northward to the Clark Fork River near Missoula, Montana.
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In the Bitterroot Range, mountain hemlock is said to be the climax tree of the subalpine belt.
Northern Rocky Mountain Forest-Steppe - Coniferous Forest - Alpine Meadow Province (Bailey) 2009
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Her homeland he identified as that high and beautiful country which he had known as Glacier and Waterton Parks and on across the Bitterroot Range.
There Will Be Time Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1972
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Her homeland he identified as that high and beautiful country which he had known as Glacier and Waterton Parks and on across the Bitterroot Range.
Two in Time Anderson, Poul 1970
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