mountain chain
Americannoun
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of mountain chain
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Leopards occur and move all along the length of the Cape Fold Belt mountain chain, which serves as a refuge for the cats.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
AFP joined as it surveyed biodiversity on a deep-sea mountain chain off Sulawesi island.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
For 4,500 years, the pyramids of Giza have loomed over the western bank of the Nile River as a geometric mountain chain.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
Especially worrying is the outlook for the Sierra Nevada, the long mountain chain that runs through the eastern part of the state.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2021
However, he still drew comfort from the thought that beyond the mountain chain which frowned down upon his homestead on the northward, the vast, unoccupied desert lay—and appeared likely to lie for ever unappropriated.
From A Vendetta of the Desert by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
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