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intermontane

intermontane adjective: between mountains.

Adjective

intermontane (not comparable)

  1. Between mountains.
    • The distinct types of relief include regions of high mountains, low hills, dissected plateaus, intermontane valleys, and coastal swamps.1915, Albert Gardner Robinson, Cuba, Old and New
    • Later, the discoveries of rich "pocket" deposits in the Red Butte district lifted the intermontane hill country temporarily to the high plane of a bonanza field.1916, Francis Lynde, The Taming of Red Butte Western

Origin of intermontane

From inter- + montane.

Questions about intermontane

What does intermontane mean?
Intermontane means between mountains.
What part of speech is intermontane?
Intermontane is an adjective.

Words near intermontane in the dictionary

  1. intermonomeric
  2. intermonsoon
  3. intermonsoonal
  4. intermonsoons
  5. intermont
  6. intermontane
  7. intermonth
  8. intermonthly
  9. intermorainal
  10. intermorainic
  11. intermorbid

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