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intermontane
[ in-ter-mon-teyn ]
adjective
- located between mountains or mountain ranges:
an intermontane lake.
intermontane
/ ˌɪntəmɒnˈteɪn /
adjective
- occurring or situated between mountain ranges
an intermontane basin
Word History and Origins
Origin of intermontane1
Example Sentences
The combined company "might be able to negotiate better pricing for themselves based on the sheer volume of the work they'll create," said Robert Webster, CEO of oil, gas and carbon storage advisory Intermontane Oil LLC.
In southern British Columbia and northern Washington this shrew in the mountains is large and in the intermontane valleys is small.
Concurrently the major storm tracks of the west probably were shifted southward; in any event much of the now arid intermontane west was much better watered than it is today.
A boreal tree squirrel, such as Tamiasciurus, could hardly be suspected of crossing a treeless, intermontane desert valley, miles wide.
Desiccation of the intermontane parts of New Mexico, Arizona, and Chihuahua, left "marooned" populations of Sorex vagrans on suitable mountain ranges.
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