Nevada: America’s Most Mountainous State (with music) (duplicated)

Do you know which US state is the most mountainous? Most people think Colorado is the

most mountainous state... but that title actually belongs to Nevada. Nevada has more

than 300 mountain ranges, more than any other state in the country. Colorado’s mountains

are taller, but Nevada has far more of them. The reason lies in the Basin and

Range Province. Here, Earth’s crust is being pulled apart like taffy.

As the crust stretches, huge blocks tilt upward into mountains while the land between them drops into

valleys. This stretching began over 20 million years ago and is still reshaping

the state today. Early explorers didn’t see one mountain range — they saw dozens,