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mountain system

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noun

  1. a series of interconnected or geologically related mountain ranges.


Etymology

Origin of mountain system

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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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

Guyot had used these annual treks to painstakingly record terrain, topography and elevation, all in an effort to understand and map the entire mountain system.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2013

"In the neighborhood of the Himalaya mountain system."

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille