mountain system
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mountain system
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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As an escarpment, plateau, and mountain system rose, it created elevations cold enough for snow and ice to persist and build up over time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
The researchers also collected rock samples from geologic formations that correspond to different parts of the ancient fault and mountain system.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
The red pine trees endemic to Anatolia span the Taurus mountain system.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2021
They also looked at temperature and precipitation on their own, over an area of the states of New South Wales and Victoria between the Great Dividing Range mountain system and the coast.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 4, 2020
And certainly it was a view worth all the discomforts of a long and stormy voyage, for here is found the end of the mountain system of all the Americas.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
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