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chain of mountains

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Noun1.chain of mountainschain of mountains - a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
mountain chain, mountain range, range of mountains, range, chain
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"


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Here ends that long chain of mountains that reaches from this place even to the entrance of the Red Sea.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
After passing over the first chain of mountains we skirted a salt sea, upon whose bosom swam countless horrid things.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
As far as he could see, chain after chain of mountains heaved themselves into his vision.
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