Blue Mountains

American  

plural noun

1. a range of low mountains in NE Oregon and SE Washington.

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Blue Mountains British  

plural noun

1. a mountain range in the US, in NE Oregon and SE Washington. Highest peak: Rock Creek Butte, 2773 m (9097 ft)

2. a mountain range in the Caribbean, in E Jamaica: Blue Mountain coffee is grown on its slopes. Highest peak: Blue Mountain Peak, 2256 m (7402 ft)

3. a plateau in SE Australia, in E New South Wales: part of the Great Dividing Range. Highest part: about 1134 m (3871 ft)

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Example Sentences

Low-lying parishes such as Clarendon and St Catherine are at risk of flash flooding not only from rainfall but also from torrents rushing down from the Blue Mountains.

From BBC

Del Toro, 21, won the white jersey for best young rider, Denmark's Mads Pedersen claimed the mauve points classification jersey and Italy's Lorenzo Fortunato took the blue mountains classification jersey.

From BBC

Most of those are concentrated in the northeast corner of the state, but the number of packs in the Blue Mountains of southeastern Washington also grew.

From Seattle Times

WaterNSW CEO Andrew George said there was also water spillage coming from other dams, including the Tallowa Dam on the Shaolhaven River and the Blue Mountains dam.

From BBC

The only access road to Megalong Valley in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, has been cut off by a major landslide caused by the wet weather.

From BBC