| mountain range n. A series of mountain ridges alike in form, direction, and origin. |
mountain range
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a series of adjoining mountains or of lines of mountains of similar origin
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| Noun | 1. |  mountain range - a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"geological formation, formation - (geology) the geological features of the earth massif - a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range mountain pass, notch, pass - the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow" |
Translations
mountain range n → catena montuosa or di montagne
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