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

In the communities nearby - bare homes scattered over barren, brown hills, set against the snowy peaks of the Siah Koh mountain range - the devastating impact of unemployment is clear.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Seligman, Ariz., and Oatman, Ariz. And the single, graceful bridge that is centered upon the land’s backdrop mountain range closely resembles Pasadena’s own Colorado Street Bridge, although there’s no roaring waterfall next to the original.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Over time, they will look like the jagged profile of a mountain range.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Argentina currently produces virtually no copper, even though it shares the same Andean mountain range with Chile, by far the world’s biggest copper producer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

With practice, she identified an underwater mountain range, and a sleeping whale, and a piece of driftwood, long before she saw them.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

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