mountain range
Americannoun
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a series of more or less connected mountains ranged in a line.
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a series of mountains, or of more or less parallel lines of mountains, closely related, as in origin.
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an area in which the greater part of the land surface is in considerable degree of slope, upland summits are small or narrow, and there are great differences in elevations within the area (commonly over 2,000 feet, or 610 meters).
noun
Etymology
Origin of mountain range
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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From around $320 per person, Wild Andalucia offers guided lynx safaris in the Sierra Morena mountain range, in the neighboring region of Andalusia.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Isak Andic died in late 2024 after falling more than 300 feet into a gorge while out trekking with his son Jonathan in the Montserrat mountain range near Barcelona.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Over time, they will look like the jagged profile of a mountain range.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
The Western Ghats - a Unesco World Heritage Site - is a 1,600km-long mountain range that stretches along India's western coast.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
The icy summits of the highest mountain range in North America gleamed on the southwestern horizon.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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