Certain sage brush types are low watr tolerant. Animals are specifically adapted to the hot, dry and windy climate. One time in geologic history a great inland sea. Sediments deposited over eons materialized into a boundless track of rolling hills and as far as the eye can see a nothingness, until you stop, get out of your car and begin to see, to hear, and to feel Nature's giant canvass. Observe the grasses undulating across the miles, hear the shreak of hunters and hunted alike.
Foothills Is the transition zone between prairie grasslands and the eastern side of the mountains.
Montane the primary zone most people think of as the Rocky Mountains when they visit Colorado. Here are yor quaint towns Estes Park, Cripple Creek, Blackhawk, and Central City. The Parks section covers both National and State Parks . Close to fifty per cent of Colorado's land mass is under one or the others protection and care. Then miners used their power to wash away rock and debris to get to silver and gold.