mountain system

noun

1. a series of interconnected or geologically related mountain ranges.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mountain system¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

The researchers also collected rock samples from geologic formations that correspond to different parts of the ancient fault and mountain system.

From Science Daily

The red pine trees endemic to Anatolia span the Taurus mountain system.

From Seattle Times

They also looked at temperature and precipitation on their own, over an area of the states of New South Wales and Victoria between the Great Dividing Range mountain system and the coast.

From Scientific American

The land of the sage is the land of the high Western plains and the lower slopes of the mountains that rise above them—a land born of the uplift of the Rocky Mountain system many millions of years ago.

From The New Yorker

The land of the sage is the land of the high western plains and the lower slopes of the mountains that rise above them, a land born of the great uplift of the Rocky Mountain system many millions of years ago.

From Literature