submontane
Americanadjective
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under or beneath a mountain or mountains.
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at or near the foot of mountains.
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pertaining or belonging to the lower slopes of mountains.
adjective
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situated on or characteristic of the lower slopes of a mountain
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beneath a mountain or mountain range
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Origin of submontane
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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
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
Special features of Plain Zones.—The submontane zone has the most equable and the pleasantest climate in the plains.
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
This consists of two parts, monsoon forest, corresponding roughly with the Himalayan area Cis Ráví above the 5000 feet contour, and dry woodland of a semi-tropical stamp, consisting, of the adjoining foot-hills and submontane tract.
From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Sir James McCrone Douie
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