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Definition of Intermontane
1. a. Between mountains; as, intermontane soil.
Definition of Intermontane
1. Adjective. Between mountains. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intermontane
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intermontane
Literary usage of Intermontane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Introduction to the Study of North America Archaeology by Cyrus Thomas (1898)
"THE intermontane OR PUEBLO SECTION. Mr. Hubert Bancroft in his arrangement of
the Pacific regions, extends considerably the boundaries of this interior ..."
2. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"Among the eleven longitudinal valleys or intermontane trenches which serve as
convenient lateral boundaries for the members of the Pacific Cordillera are ..."
3. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"The barrier that kept these waters apart was the newly bowed-up land to the west
of the present main Rocky Mountain ridges, the Cordilleran intermontane ..."
4. Elementary Physical Geography: An Outline of Physiography by Jacques Wardlaw Redway (1900)
"The great intermontane valley is probably a marine plain. ... This part of the
intermontane region is best known as the Sacramento- San Joaquin Valley. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"The naine, Ala'i, is applied to an extensive intermontane plain, ... the similar
elevated intermontane plains of the Pamir further south are spoken of as ..."
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