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 Palisades is nested against a mountain range filled with dried-out flora, making it an “extreme” fire risk, according to an official state threat assessment.

From The Wall Street Journal

These vulnerable areas include the Alps, the Caucasus, the Rocky Mountains, and parts of the Andes and African mountain ranges located at low latitudes.

From Science Daily

High-speed lifts zip across the mountain’s 3,400 vertical feet, enabling skiers to access a variety of terrain in one day—all against the backdrop of the Pioneer, Boulder and Sawtooth mountain ranges.

From The Wall Street Journal

Four years older than me, he was dispatched to an American boarding school in Kodaikanal, a “hill station” scattered across the crevices of the Palani Hills, the eastern stretch of the Western Ghats mountain range.

From The Wall Street Journal

Before me, the mountain range extended somewhere beyond the haze.

From Los Angeles Times

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