MOUNTAIN RANGE


Meaning of MOUNTAIN RANGE in English

1. a series of more or less connected mountains ranged in a line.

2. a series of mountains, or of more or less parallel lines of mountains, closely related, as in origin.

3. an area in which the greater part of the land surface is in considerable degree of slope, upland summits are small or narrow, and there are great differences in elevations within the area (commonly over 2000 ft., or 610 m).

[ 1825-35 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .