mountain range
Americannoun
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a series of more or less connected mountains ranged in a line.
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a series of mountains, or of more or less parallel lines of mountains, closely related, as in origin.
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an area in which the greater part of the land surface is in considerable degree of slope, upland summits are small or narrow, and there are great differences in elevations within the area (commonly over 2,000 feet, or 610 meters).
noun
Etymology
Origin of mountain range
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Before the Sagrada Familia mass on Wednesday, he is due to visit a prison and an abbey in the Montserrat mountain range overlooking Barcelona.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
And when my thoughts go idle, they drift to new happy memories that I’ve made all myself: A rainbow over a mountain range after a terrifying hail storm in Texas.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
The 1,500-year-old Shaolin Temple - located on a mountain range - attracts thousands of disciples from China and elsewhere every year.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Yosemite National Park is enormous, covering more than 1,100 square miles on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Finally, when they had crossed the mountain range that extended along the entire horizon, the alchemist said that they were only two days from the Pyramids.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
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