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Mountain chain

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mountain rangenoun(geography) A series of adjoining mountains, often in a line.
rangenounA line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
chainnounA series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
chain of mountainsnouna series of hills or mountains
range of mountainsnouna series of hills or mountains
mountainsnounmountain range
chainonnoun(geology) A secondary range of mountains.
continentnounOne of the main continuous landmasses, separated by water or geological features, on the surface of a planet, sometimes including its continental shelves and the islands on them.
subrangenoun(mathematics, programming) A subset of a given range or numeric set.
microcontinentnoun(geography) a fragment of continental crust that has cleaved off its parent tectonic plate.
syntaxisnoun(archaic, grammar) Syntax.
continental dividenounA line of elevated terrain that divides a watershed or a continent, so that water flowing on either side eventually travels to separate bodies of water.
supercontinent cyclenoun(geology) A quasiperiodic aggregation and dispersal of Earth's continental crust.
diastrophismnoun(geology) The deformation of the Earth's crust to form the continents, mountains and other large features
forelandnounA headland.
mid-oceanic ridgenoun(geology) a mid-ocean ridge
mid-ocean ridgenoun(geology, oceanography) any of an interconnected system of broad submarine rises formed by plate tectonics
basin and range topographynounCharacterized by alternating parallel mountain ranges and valleys.
chainagenoun(surveying) An imaginary line used to measure distance, often corresponding to the centre of a straight road.
plate tectonicsnoun(geology) The large-scale movement of tectonic plates that contributes to continental drift.

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