A TYPICAL EAST-WEST PROFILE OF MONTANA 
Western Montana, rhe aréa west 
of the Continental Divides 62 
percent forest land. This entire Eastern Montana, the area east of the 
area drains into the bactityc Ocean Continental Divide, 1s 12 percent forest land. 
ELEVATION IN Approximately x million acres. located of the 
THOUSANDS)OF CONTINENTAL BELT juncture of the Continental Divide and rhe 
asx PEEL DIVIDE MOUNTAINS iy 
7 << cs International Boundary. and another 4A 
BITTERROOT. milton acres (7 the N.£. corner of the State 
DS lee a “MA drain into Hudson Bay. The rest of Lastern 
—_- SAS Montana drains into the Gulf of Mexico Via 
9 is : ‘ JY XS the Missour/ and Mississippi hivers- 
FIGURE 6. 
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Ficure 7.—Blue Paradise Lake on the Gallatin National Forest. Such beautiful country as this is one of Montana’s great 
assets. Here you will find the largest remaining wilderness. 
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