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mountain system

noun

  1. a series of interconnected or geologically related mountain ranges.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mountain system1

First recorded in 1880–85

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Example Sentences

The next locality where we find a population akin to the Rajmahali mountaineers, is the mountain system of Orissa.

The Blue Ridge is the most easterly range of the Appalachian mountain system.

Then it came to me like a flash—Trans-Himalaya is the name which I will attach to this gigantic mountain system.

Here also I considered what name I should give to the colossal mountain system which runs in the north parallel to the Himalayas.

The river descends from the east-south-east, and probably has its source in the great mountain system we saw from the Shuru-tso.

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