Serra da Mantiqueira

[ se-rah dah mahn-ti-key-rah ]

noun

1. a mountain range in SE Brazil, running parallel to the coast. Highest point, 9,140 feet (2,785 meters).

Example Sentences

The inland range, which is separated from the Coast Range in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro by the valley of the Parahyba do Sul river, is known as the Serra da Mantiqueira, and from the point where it turns northward to form the eastern rim of the S�o Francisco basin, as the Serra do Espinha�o.

From Project Gutenberg

It is traversed by two mountain chains, the Serra da Mantiqueira and Serra do Mar, and the broad, fertile valley of the Parahyba do Sul which lies between them, and which slopes gently toward the east from a general elevation exceeding 2000 ft. in S�o Paulo.

From Project Gutenberg