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Located in Montana in the United States and Alberta in Canada, the Montana Valley and Foothill Grasslands biome runs along the foothills and high valleys of the central Rocky Mountains. The ecosystem covers some 9,300 square miles (24,000 square kilometers), and ranges between 1,800 and 5,400 feet (550 and 1,650 meters) in altitude. The grasslands extends from the uppermost flatland reaches of the Missouri River watershed on the Rocky Mountain Front, into the Clark Fork-Bitterroot catchment of the Columbia River system within Montana and parts of Idaho; and in Alberta, along the Oldman, Little Bow, and Bow Rivers, as well as other tributaries of the Peace and Athabasca Rivers. |
