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 | | MONTANA, one of the Mountain states of the U.S., bounded on the N by the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan; on the E by North Dakota and South Dakota; on the S by Wyoming and Idaho; and on the W by Idaho. |
 | | Montana contains parts of two major U.S. physiographic regions: the Rocky Mts., which occupy the W third of the state, and the Great Plains in the E. Water and glacial ice have carved Montana’s mountain landscape; in the S, the mountain profiles are subdued, but at the Canadian border is a scenic, angular, alpine landscape. |
 | | Montana, with an area of 380,850 sq km (147,046 sq mi), is the fourth largest state in the U.S.; 29.4% of the land area is owned by the federal government. |
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