intermontane
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of intermontane
1800–10, < Latin inter- inter- + montānus, equivalent to mont- (stem of mōns ) mount 2 + -ānus -ane
Example Sentences
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This divide, as previously suggested, is thought to be due largely to stream and glacial deposits, which have been laid down in the previously nearly level-floored intermontane trough.
From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
The distinct types of relief include regions of high mountains, low hills, dissected plateaus, intermontane valleys, and coastal swamps.
From Cuba, Old and New by Robinson, Albert G. (Albert Gardner)
Desiccation of the intermontane parts of New Mexico, Arizona, and Chihuahua, left "marooned" populations of Sorex vagrans on suitable mountain ranges.
From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.
In the extreme southeast the still higher elevated plains and intermontane valleys within the Sierra Madre Oriental afford a third habitat for populations of this species.
Others, as those of Nevada, are so old that they have been deeply dissected; their original form has been destroyed by erosion, and the intermontane depressions are occupied by wide plains of waste.
From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon
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