chain of mountains
English Thesaurus
1. a series of hills or mountains (noun.object)
instance hyponym | : | admiralty range, |
definition | : | mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | alaska range, |
definition | : | a mountain range in south central Alaska; contains Mount McKinley (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | alleghenies, allegheny mountains, |
definition | : | the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | alps, the alps, |
definition | : | a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | altai mountains, altay mountains, |
definition | : | a mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | andes, |
definition | : | a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | apennines, |
definition | : | a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | appalachian mountains, appalachians, |
definition | : | a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | atlas mountains, |
definition | : | a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | australian alps, |
definition | : | a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | berkshire hills, berkshires, |
definition | : | a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | black hills, |
definition | : | mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | blue ridge, blue ridge mountains, |
definition | : | a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | cantabrian mountains, |
definition | : | a range of mountains in northern Spain along the coast of the Bay of Biscay (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | carpathian mountains, carpathians, |
definition | : | a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | cascade mountains, cascade range, cascades, |
definition | : | a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | catskill mountains, catskills, |
definition | : | a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | caucasus, caucasus mountains, |
definition | : | the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | coast mountains, coast range, |
definition | : | a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | dolomite alps, |
definition | : | an eastern range of the Alps in northeastern Italy famous for their dolomitic limestone (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | great smoky mountains, |
definition | : | part of the Appalachians between North Carolina and Tennessee (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | green mountains, |
definition | : | a range of the Appalachian Mountains that extends from south to north through Vermont (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | guadalupe mountains, |
definition | : | a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | himalaya, himalaya mountains, himalayas, |
definition | : | a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | mesabi range, |
definition | : | a range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887 (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | mount carmel, |
definition | : | a mountain range in northwestern Israel near the Mediterranean coast (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | nan ling, |
definition | : | a mountain range in southeastern China running generally east to west (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | ozark mountains, ozark plateau, ozarks, |
definition | : | an area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | pamir mountains, the pamirs, |
definition | : | a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | pyrenees, |
definition | : | a chain of mountains between France and Spain (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | rhodope mountains, |
definition | : | a mountain range in the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe; extends along the border between Greece and Bulgaria (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | rockies, rocky mountains, |
definition | : | the chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | sacramento mountains, |
definition | : | mountain range in New Mexico to the east of the Rio Grande (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | san juan mountains, |
definition | : | a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | sayan mountains, |
definition | : | a range of mountains in southern Siberia to the west of Lake Baikal; contain important mineral deposits (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | selkirk mountains, |
definition | : | a range of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern British Columbia (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | sierra, |
definition | : | a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline) (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | sierra madre occidental, |
definition | : | a mountain range in northwestern Mexico that runs south from Arizona parallel to the Pacific coastline (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | sierra madre oriental, |
definition | : | a mountain range in northeastern Mexico the runs parallel to the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | sierra nevada, |
definition | : | a mountain range in southern Spain along the Mediterranean coast to the east of Granada (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | taconic mountains, |
definition | : | a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | teton range, |
definition | : | a mountain range in northwest Wyoming; contains the Grand Teton (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | tien shan, tyan shan, |
definition | : | a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | transylvanian alps, |
definition | : | a range of the southern Carpathian Mountains extending across central Romania (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | tyrolean alps, |
definition | : | a popular tourist area in the Tyrol (noun.object) |
instance hyponym | : | ural mountains, urals, |
definition | : | a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | massif, |
definition | : | a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | mountain pass, notch, pass, |
definition | : | the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks (noun.object) |
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