<prompt> Hlalosa jeoloji ea Lithaba Tsa Rockynan  <response>: Instruction in English: Describe the geology of the Rocky Mountains . Response in English: The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range stretching for about 3,000 miles from British Columbia in Canada to New Mexico in the United States. The geology of the range is complex and varied, with the mountains having formed through a long and dynamic process that spans hundreds of millions of years.The formation of the Rocky Mountains is attributed to a period of mountain building known as the Laramide Orogeny that occurred between 80 and 55 million years ago. During this time, forces deep within the Earths crust caused the lithosphere to buckle and fold, and the uplift created the Rockies. It is believed that the compression happened due to the subduction of tectonic plates underneath the North American plate.The resulting mountain range that was created consists of multiple rock types, including sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks. The exposure of the sedimentary rocks in the Rocky Mountains can be dated back to Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras. The sedimentary rocks that collected in the Western Interior Seaway, a shallow sea that covered the region during the Cretaceous period, were later uplifted and eroded to form the surreal landscapes that can be seen in the central core of the mountain range. Between the mountain ranges, there are several basins, as the Laramie Basin in Wyoming, filled of sedimentary rock.In more recent geological time, the Rockies have also experienced repeated glaciation, which has carved out valleys, canyons, and other features in the ranges. As such, the geology of the Rocky Mountains reflects a long and dynamic history of tectonic activity, erosion, and glaciation. . Response in Sesotho: Lithaba tsa Rocky ke mokoloko o moholo oa lithaba o bolelele ba likhilomithara tse ka bang 3 000 ho tloha British Columbia Canada ho ea New Mexico United States. Jeoloji ea sebaka sena e rarahane ebile e fapane, me lithaba li thehile ka mokhoa o telele le o matla o nkang lilemo tse limilione tse makholo. Ho thehoa ha Lithaba Tsa Rocky ho bakoa ke nako ea mohaho oa lithaba o tsejoang e le Laramide Orogeny e etsahetseng pakeng tsa 80 le 55 limilione tse fetileng. Nakong ena, matla a tebileng ka hara bokaholimo ba Lefatše a ile a etsa hore lithosphere li thekesele le ho phutha, me ho phahama ho ile ha etsa Rockies. Ho lumeloa hore khatello e etsahetse ka lebaka la ho theoleloa ha lipoleiti tsa tectonic ka tlasa poleiti ea Amerika Leboea. Lithaba tse hlahisitsoeng li entsoe ka mefuta e mengata ea majoe, ho kenyelletsa le mafika a sedimentary, metamorphic, le igneous. Ho pepeseha ha mafika a sedimentary lithabeng tsa Rocky ho ka qaloa mehleng ea Paleozoic, Mesozoic, le Cenozoic eras. Majoe a sedimentary a neng a bokella Western Interior Seaway, e leng leoatle le sa tebang le neng le aparetse sebaka seo nakong ea Cretaceous, hamorao a ile a phahamisoa le ho hoholeha ho theha libaka tsa surreal tse ka bonoang bohareng ba mokoloko oa lithaba. Pakeng tsa mekoloko ea lithaba, ho na le likotlolo tse maloa, joalo ka Laramie Basin e Wyoming, e tletseng mafika a sedimentary. Mehleng ea morao tjena ea jeoloji, li-Rockies le tsona li bile le leqhoa le pheta-phetang, le betlileng likhohlo, likhohlo le likarolo tse ling libakeng tseo. Ka hona, jeoloji ea Lithaba tsa Rocky e bontša nalane e telele le e matla ea tsebetso ea tectonic, khoholeho ea mobu le leqhoa. 