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

Changed "sub-montane" to "submontane" on page 413: "from submontane localities."

From Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 by Max C. Thompson

Still the flora outside the Hills and the submontane tract is predominantly of the desert type, being xerophilous or drought-resisting.

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

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

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

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