mountain range

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).

mountain range

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mountain range¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Earthquakes are common in the country, particularly along the Hindu Kush mountain range, near where the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates meet.

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They hold thousands of maps and atlases of everything from cave networks to mountain ranges to capital flows to the surface of the moon.

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The American Indians had done nothing to warrant war, but white trespassers had discovered gold in the sacred Black Hills, a mountain range in what is now western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming.

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Scattered throughout that mountain range were ghosts of human activity.

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Hiking is popular here, for example along the Camino de Santiago trail or in the area's mountain ranges, as is wine and food related tourism.

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