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mountain system

noun

a series of interconnected or geologically related mountain ranges.

Also called mountain chain.

Origin of mountain system

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby mountain system

mountain sandwort, mountain sheep, mountain sickness, mountain standard time, mountain state, mountain system, mountain time, mountain view, mountain viscacha, mountain wave, mountain whitefish

Example sentences from the Web for mountain system

These arise from its mountain-system, which separates the island into a series of valleys.

Wanderings in Corsica, Vol. 1 of 2 |Ferdinand Gregorovius