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mountain chain

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mountain chain
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(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a series of ranges of mountains
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Noun1.mountain chainmountain chain - a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
chain of mountains, 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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[1] A mountain chain in northwestern Germany, between the Elbe and the Weser.
Adventure of the Black Fisherman by Irving, Washington View in context
A totally different class has now sprung up:--"the Mountaineers," the traders and trappers that scale the vast mountain chains, and pursue their hazardous vocations amidst their wild recesses.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
On each continent, also, we see the same fact; for on the opposite sides of lofty and continuous mountain-ranges, and of great deserts, and sometimes even of large rivers, we find different productions; though as mountain chains, deserts, &c.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
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