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PRONUNCIATION OF MOUNTAIN CHAIN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOUNTAIN CHAIN

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Mountain chain is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MOUNTAIN CHAIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mountain chain

Mountain range

A mountain range or mountain belt is a geographic area containing numerous geologically related mountains. A mountain system or system of mountain ranges, sometimes is used to combine several geological features that are geographically related. Mountain ranges are usually segmented by highlands or mountain passes and valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geologic structure or petrology. They may be a mix of different orogenic expressions and terranes, for example thrust sheets, uplifted blocks, fold mountains, and volcanic landforms resulting in a variety of rock types.

Definition of mountain chain in the English dictionary

The definition of mountain chain in the dictionary is a series of ranges of mountains.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOUNTAIN CHAIN

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WORDS THAT END LIKE MOUNTAIN CHAIN

ball and chain
branched chain
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heavy chain
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Synonyms and antonyms of mountain chain in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mountain chain» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOUNTAIN CHAIN

Find out the translation of mountain chain to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mountain chain from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mountain chain» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

山脉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cadena montañosa
570 millions of speakers

English

mountain chain
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पर्वत श्रृंखला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سلسلة جبال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

горная цепь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cadeia de montanhas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পর্বত মালা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chaîne de montagne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rantaian gunung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bergkette
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

山脈
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

산 체인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ranté gunung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dãy núi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மலைத்தொடா்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पर्वत रांग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sıra dağlar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

catena montuosa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łańcuch górski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гірська ланцюг
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lanț de munți
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οροσειρά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bergreeks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bergskedja
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fjellkjede
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mountain chain

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOUNTAIN CHAIN»

The term «mountain chain» is regularly used and occupies the 71.810 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOUNTAIN CHAIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mountain chain

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOUNTAIN CHAIN»

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The Meat Buyers Guide: Beef, Lamb, Veal, Pork, and Poultry
Beef Mountain Chain Tripe Mountain chain tripe is the name given to the muscular folds or pillars seen in the rumen or paunch.These pillars or folds are more pronounced in older beef animals.
NAMP North American Meat Processors Association, 2006
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The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster
the middle of the high mountain chain, and reaches to the foot of the group, is denominated the principal mountain chain ; the other chains either shoot from the foot of the group towards the principal mountain chain, but never reach the high ...
Edinburgh encyclopaedia, sir David Brewster, 1830
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The Edinburgh encyclopaedia
are aggravated into chains ; but these chains not connected together by a central or high mountain chain. Hence it never forms groups. It is lower than alpine land ; and is often intersected, which is never the case with alpine land. 11. The third ...
Sir David Brewster, 1832
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The Edinburgh encyclopædia conducted by David Brewster, with ...
are aggravate^ xnto chains ; but these chains not connected together by a central or high mountain chain. Hence it never forms groups. It is lower than alpine land ; and is often intersected, which is never the case with alpine land. 11. The third ...
David Brewster, 1832
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System of mineralogy
The lateral chains moot on both sides from the high mountain chain towards the foot of . the group. Of these lateral chains, some are more considerable than others ; the most considerable, that which rises from the middle of the high mountain ...
Robert Jameson, 1808
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Himalayan Forests and Forestry
This mountain chain extends for a length of about 2400 kms from the Nanga Parbat massif in the north-west to the Namche Barwa peak in the east. Between these two peaks, this complex mountain chain consists of deep gorges, narrow ...
Sharad Singh Negi, 2000
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A SYSTEM OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
A continued line or succession of mountains constitutes what is termed a mountain chain or range. The culminating point of a mountain chain is its highest elevation. A mountain system consists of a number of chains or ranges extending in the ...
D.M. WARREN, 1856
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Orogenic Belts, Geological Mapping: Proceedings of the 30th ...
(3) The formation mechanism of the inverted triangular-shaped geometry of the Bayan Har-Songpan-Garze mountain chain The inverted triangular-shaped geometry of the Bayan Har-Songpan-Garze mountain chain in the Kunlun- Tanggula ...
Zhiqin Xu, Yufeng Ren, Xiaoping Qiu, 1997
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Supplement to the 4th, 5th, and ...
In some moun- V"^V"'"/ tain groups, as the Grampians and the Pyrenees, the high mountain chain has the same general direction from one extremity to the other; in other cases, there is a change of direction ; thus the Alps, after ranging from ...
‎1824
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Palaeozoic Climate Cycles: Their Evolutionary and ...
Roscher & Schneider (2006) review different estimates for the altitudinal range of the Variscan Mountain chain. Existing numerical models include generalized topography varying from a maximum height of 1800 m (Gibbs et al. 2002) to an ...
A. Gąsiewicz, M. Słowakiewicz, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOUNTAIN CHAIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mountain chain is used in the context of the following news items.
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Life in Genoa, along the Ligurian Riviera
The administrative and historical capital of Liguria under the Alpine Apennine snow-bound mountain chain, it is warmed by a long coastline of ... «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
2
Peering 50 Miles Beneath the Tibetan Plateau
It can push upward to form the Himalayan mountain chain, or downward to form the base of the Tibetan Plateau. The process takes millions of ... «Lab Manager Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Public Release: 21-Jul-2015 Satellites peer into rock 50 miles …
It can push upward to form the Himalayan mountain chain, or downward to form the base of the Tibetan Plateau. The process takes millions of ... «EurekAlert, Jul 15»
4
Foreigners threatened with knives on Lion's Head
The team patrolled the mountain chain at all hours. “Yes, we do get occasional chancers but we've seen a significant drop in contact crime in ... «News24, Jul 15»
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Will Sierra del Divisor soon become Peru's newest national park?
“Sierra del Divisor protects the only mountain chain in the lowlands of the Amazon rainforest,” said Lelis Rivera of the Center for Amazonian ... «Mongabay.com, Jul 15»
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Fly over Pluto's giant icy mountains and frozen plains in this …
Scientists have named the mountain chain "Norgay Montes" after Tenzing Norgay — one of the first two humans to reach the summit of Mount ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
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Sicily. The past is prologue
The northeast section of the Island is distinguished by the mountain chain with the highest active volcano in Europe, Mount Etna. A mild climate ... «eTurboNews, Jul 15»
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Bringing life to Peru's ancient mummies
... who carried his mobile studio up and down the Andean mountain chain in search for these ubiquitous figures. "They were in private homes, ... «CNN, Jul 15»
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Travel back in time to Earth's mightiest rivers and mountains
... Alps, Atlas and Urals and stringing them together end-to-end and you're getting close to the length of Rodinia's principal mountain chain. «New Scientist, Jul 15»
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It takes a forest: How intown development puts Atlanta's tree canopy …
Without an oceanfront or mountain chain or broad river flowing through downtown, Atlanta's most distinctive natural feature is its trees. Despite ... «Atlanta Magazine, Jul 15»

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