intermontane
adjective
located between mountains or mountain ranges.
intermountain
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a variation of
intermontane.
Example Sentences
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Conservation groups are tracking shorebird populations across the intermountain West.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 9, 2022
Houstonians are among about 35 million Americans under heat advisories or excessive heat warnings on Tuesday, which cover swaths of both the south-central United States and the intermountain West.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2022
A little snow coats the ground in the interior Northeast, the northern Great Lakes and Upper Midwest and the intermountain West but is otherwise absent.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
Great Sand Dunes is one of 27 national parks and monuments, nearly all in the intermountain West, that are designated as dark-sky parks, where light pollution from cities is scant.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2021
This is especially important in the intermountain country where no uniformity exists, but the warning should be heeded also by the Pacific coast and Great Plains wheat areas.
From Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by John Andreas Widtsoe
