Mountainous

//ˈmaʊn.tɪ.nəs//

"Mountainous" in a Sentence (14 examples)

The capital of Ecuador is Quito, in the mountainous province of Pichincha.

Armenia is a mountainous country.

The town is in a mountainous district.

Terrace farming is widely practiced in the mountainous regions of China.

I used to live in a mountainous area.

I was born in a mountainous area.

I grew up in a mountainous area.

Pluto's terrain shows remarkable variation including dark/bright regions and smooth/mountainous areas.

Researchers say warmer weather is permitting a similar kind of tree, the limber pine, to take over good growing places from the ancient bristlecone. They say the tree is being crowded out of mountainous areas where it grows.

The terrain is mountainous.

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[Water vapour bubbles] hit againſt the ſides of the more eminent and Mountainous Places, of the Globe, and by this Concuſſion are condenſed, and thus become heavier than the Air they ſvvom in, and ſo gleet dovvn the rocky Caverns of theſe Mountains, […]

The mountainous nature of Norway has always been a serious obstacle to the development of railways, and although some 2,700 route miles are now open for traffic, several schemes have yet to be completed.

2024, Simon Montlake, In mountainous North Carolina, residents are the first responders after Hurricane Helene, in: The Christian Science Monitor, October 1 2024, headline In mountainous North Carolina, residents are the first responders after Hurricane Helene[.]

But the added size did not give them an advantage this time. Not when Kanter and Adams, two mountainous players, could match the Knicks’ girth with their own.

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