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mountain chain

Word definitions for mountain chain in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A series of mountain ranges stretching across a continent

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" [syn: range , mountain range , range of mountains , chain , chain of mountains ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mountain \Moun"tain\ (moun"t[i^]n), a. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer. ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
While in mountain ranges, the term mountain chain is common, in hill ranges a sequence of hills tends to be referred to a ridge or hill chain . Elongated mountain chains occur most frequently in the orogeny of fold mountains, (that are folded by lateral ...