byAlfonsoDiBergamoË|xHSKBPDy501999zv*:+:!:+:!>ISBN-13:978-0-15-350199-9ISBN-10:0-15-350199-5GRADE4Lesson12WORDCOUNT1,019GENREExpositoryNonfictionLEVELELLHarcourtLeveledReadersOnlineDatabaseCover,p.3,p.5,©PhotoDisc;p.7,©GarryBlack/Masterfile;p.9,©GregStott/Masterfile;p.11,©PhotoDisc/PunchStock;p.13,©Corbis;p.14,©PavelFilatov/Alamy.Cartography,p.4,p.6,p.8,p.10,p.12,JoeLeMonnierCopyright©byHarcourt,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.RequestsforpermissiontomakecopiesofanypartoftheworkshouldbeaddressedtoSchoolPermissionsandCopyrights,Harcourt,Inc.,6277SeaHarborDrive,Orlando,Florida32887-6777.Fax:407-345-2418.HARCOURTandtheHarcourtLogoaretrademarksofHarcourt,Inc.,registeredintheUnitedStatesofAmericaand/orotherjurisdictions.PrintedinChinaISBN10:0-15-350199-5ISBN13:978-0-15-350199-9OrderingOptionsISBN10:0-15-349939-7(Grade4ELLCollection)ISBN13:978-0-15-349939-5(Grade4ELLCollection)ISBN10:0-15-357282-5(packageof5)ISBN13:978-0-15-357282-1(packageof5)Ifyouhavereceivedthesematerialsasexaminationcopiesfreeofcharge,HarcourtSchoolPublishersretainstitletothematerialsandtheymaynotberesold.Resaleofexaminationcopiesisstrictlyprohibitedandisillegal.Possessionofthispublicationinprintformatdoesnotentitleuserstoconvertthispublication,oranyportionofit,intoelectronicformat.1234567891098512111009080706byAlfonsoDiBergamoAmountainrangeisagroupofmountains.Mountainrangescanbeverylong.Somemountainrangescoverthousandsofmiles.Mountainrangesarealsowide.Someofthemmaybehundredsofmileswide.Therearemountainrangesallovertheworldoneverycontinent.TherearemountainrangesinNorthAmericaandSouthAmerica.TherearemanymountainrangesinAfrica,Asia,Europe,andAustralia.ThereisevenamountainrangeinAntarctica.3TheRockyMountainsTheRockyMountainsarealargemountainrangethatislocatedinNorthAmerica.TheRockyMountainsstretchf...