submontane

American  

[suhb-mon-tayn] / sʌbˈmɒn teɪn /

adjective

1. under or beneath a mountain or mountains.

2. at or near the foot of mountains.

3. pertaining or belonging to the lower slopes of mountains.

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submontane British  

/ sʌbˈmɒnteɪn /

adjective

1. situated on or characteristic of the lower slopes of a mountain

2. beneath a mountain or mountain range

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Other Word Forms

• submontanely
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of submontane

1810–20; < Late Latin submontānus; see sub-, montane

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

submontane

Gurdáspur is a submontane district with a good rainfall and a large amount of irrigation.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Sir James McCrone Douie

Of its four tahsíls Pinjaur contains the submontane and hill tract, part of the latter being quite close to Simla.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Sir James McCrone Douie

The submontane tract is an undulating country with a red soil, much broken up into ravines along the foot of the hills.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

The two northern tahsíls, Gujrát and Kharián, have many of the features of a submontane tract.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Sir James McCrone Douie

The monsoon rains come later and are much less abundant than in the submontane zone.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Sir James McCrone Douie

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