mountain range

American  

noun

1. a series of more or less connected mountains ranged in a line.

2. a series of mountains, or of more or less parallel lines of mountains, closely related, as in origin.

3. 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).

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mountain range British  

noun

1. a series of adjoining mountains or of lines of mountains of similar origin

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Etymology

Origin of mountain range

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

The Northern Sierra lagged behind the rest of the mountain range, seeing just 53% of its typical level of snow as of Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times

This restless drive to find the underlying order of things, whether of a mountain range or a Gothic vault, is the key to the whole exhibition, and to Viollet-le-Duc.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those motions build mountain ranges, carve deep ocean trenches, and fuel volcanic activity around the Pacific.

From Science Daily

In addition to the Sierra population, there are about 20 Sierra Nevada red foxes living in the Cascade mountain range of Northern California.

From Los Angeles Times

The remaining pieces of the ripped page grew out of the spine like a jagged mountain range.

From Literature

Related Words

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