💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Mountain chain"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| mountain rangenoun | (geography) A series of adjoining mountains, often in a line. |
| rangenoun | A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc. |
| chainnoun | A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal. |
| chain of mountainsnoun | a series of hills or mountains |
| range of mountainsnoun | a series of hills or mountains |
| mountainsnoun | mountain range |
| chainonnoun | (geology) A secondary range of mountains. |
| continentnoun | One 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 dividenoun | A 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 |
| forelandnoun | A 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 topographynoun | Characterized 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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