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Mountain vs Intermontane - What's the difference?

mountain | intermontane |

As a noun mountain

is a large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.

As an adjective intermontane is

between mountains.

mountain

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land, usually given by geographers as above 1000 feet in height (or 304.8 metres), though such masses may still be described as hills in comparison with larger mountains.
    • Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
    We spent the weekend hiking in the mountains .
  • A large amount.
    • There's still a mountain of work to do.
  • (figuratively) A difficult task or challenge.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil Dawkes , title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Five minutes into the game the Black Cats were facing a mountain , partly because of West Brom's newly-found ruthlessness in front of goal but also as a result of the home side's defensive generosity.}}

    Derived terms

    * Chinese mountain cat * faith will move mountains * folded mountain * have a mountain to climb * if the mountain won't come to Muhammad * make a mountain out of a molehill * mountain ash * mountain bearberry * mountain bike * mountain boarding * mountain building * mountain buzzard * mountain cat * mountain chain * mountain climbing * mountain cranberry * mountain dew * mountain fever * mountain goat * mountain gorilla * mountain hare * mountain laurel * mountain lion * mountain range * mountain reindeer * mountain sheep * mountain sickness * mountain top removal mining * mountain unit * mountain zebra * mountaineer * mountaineering * mountainless * mountainous * mountainside * mountaintop * snow on the mountain * Stoliczka's mountain vole * table mountain * White Cloud Mountain minnow

    Related terms

    * mount

    See also

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    External links

    * (wikipedia "mountain") *

    References

    * *

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words

    intermontane

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Between mountains.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1915, author=Albert Gardner Robinson, title=Cuba, Old and New, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The distinct types of relief include regions of high mountains, low hills, dissected plateaus, intermontane valleys, and coastal swamps. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1916, author=Francis Lynde, title=The Taming of Red Butte Western, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=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. }}
  • * {{quote-journal, 2001, date=November 23, Paul Tapponnier et al., Oblique Stepwise Rise and Growth of the Tibet Plateau, Science citation
    • , passage=Sediment infilling, bathtub-like, of dammed intermontane basins formed flat high plains at each step. }} ----