Mountainous
adjective
Relating to or resembling mountains.
Switzerland has a highly mountainous landscape.
Often appears as...
- mountainous region
- mountainous terrain
adjective
Having many mountains.
The mountainous region of northern Spain is breathtaking.
Often appears as...
- mountainous country
- mountainous district
adjective
Huge, enormous, or extremely large.
She faced a mountainous pile of dirty dishes after the party.
Often appears as...
- mountainous task
- mountainous work
adjective
Relating to or resembling mountains.
Switzerland has a highly mountainous landscape.
Often appears as...
- mountainous region
- mountainous terrain
adjective
Having many mountains.
The mountainous region of northern Spain is breathtaking.
Often appears as...
- mountainous country
- mountainous district
adjective
Huge, enormous, or extremely large.
She faced a mountainous pile of dirty dishes after the party.
Often appears as...
- mountainous task
- mountainous work
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Use
Use 'mountainous' to describe areas with many or large mountains, often for scenery or locations.
The mountainous regions of Colorado attract many hikers and skiers.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Geography
'Mountainous' often refers to landscapes that may be difficult to traverse due to elevation changes.
The mountainous terrain made the journey challenging.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbolic References
In literature, 'mountainous' can symbolize majesty, obstacles, or an adventurous spirit.
The hero's mountainous journey represented his inner struggles.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Use
Use 'mountainous' to describe areas with many or large mountains, often for scenery or locations.
The mountainous regions of Colorado attract many hikers and skiers.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Geography
'Mountainous' often refers to landscapes that may be difficult to traverse due to elevation changes.
The mountainous terrain made the journey challenging.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbolic References
In literature, 'mountainous' can symbolize majesty, obstacles, or an adventurous spirit.
The hero's mountainous journey represented his inner struggles.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Use
Use 'mountainous' to describe areas with many or large mountains, often for scenery or locations.
The mountainous regions of Colorado attract many hikers and skiers.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Geography
'Mountainous' often refers to landscapes that may be difficult to traverse due to elevation changes.
The mountainous terrain made the journey challenging.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbolic References
In literature, 'mountainous' can symbolize majesty, obstacles, or an adventurous spirit.
The hero's mountainous journey represented his inner struggles.
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The history of tea -...
He disguised himself and took a perilous journey through China's mountainous tea regions, eventually smuggling tea trees and experienced tea workers into Darjeeling, India. From there, the plant spread further still, helping drive tea's rapid growth as an everyday commodity.
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Go Inside an Antarctic...
roughest ocean in the world and then they come back to hear this kind of blizzard snow-covered mountainous island to breed and you meet them and they're just totally unfazed hello some of these adults might not have set foot on land for five months to see their chicks and
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The stories of water PIPE...
trekking through the mountainous landscapes of my platoon ancestors on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan taking some photos myself ironically of people who were then were suffering through a devastating drought and I remembered these people but a great
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Steve Winter: On the...
where the tiger is going to live in Sumatra forever for one reason and one reason only their mountainous and you can't put a palm oil plantation there so here we go they're in these beautiful mountains beautiful jungle one of the most
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Clearing Everest's Trash...
is moving to curb the number of climbers other reforms will be needed to keep the world's most coveted mountainous peak in sagramonte a national park clear of trash about maybe tomorrow a pediment and the units are dispersed emerging
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How we can help young...
To reach more young people in more communities, in more places around the world. And we want to dream big. Could every school, everywhere in the world, no matter how remote or mountainous, or even if it's in a refugee camp,
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What We Know About Pluto...
surface of Pluto some of the ice could get heated turning directly into gas Pluto could be a mountainous world of exotic ice and primordial rock gases spewing out of its surface it may look
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The secret to living...
are twice as likely to die as women are at any age. But there is one place in the world where men live as long as women. It's a remote, mountainous zone, a blue zone, where super longevity
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4 Adorable Animals That...
has taken to climbing through the trees the Goodfellows tree kangaroo a rather peculiar looking marsupial with its reddish brown fur and long rounded claws it is endemic to the mountainous
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How to Fix a Leaky...
To make sure my survives this journey, I need to fix those cracks. And that means heading inland in search of a rare tree. The interior of the island is so mountainous
Video examples
The history of tea -...
He disguised himself and took a perilous journey through China's mountainous tea regions, eventually smuggling tea trees and experienced tea workers into Darjeeling, India. From there, the plant spread further still, helping drive tea's rapid growth as an everyday commodity.
Video examples
Go Inside an Antarctic...
roughest ocean in the world and then they come back to hear this kind of blizzard snow-covered mountainous island to breed and you meet them and they're just totally unfazed hello some of these adults might not have set foot on land for five months to see their chicks and
Video examples
The stories of water PIPE...
trekking through the mountainous landscapes of my platoon ancestors on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan taking some photos myself ironically of people who were then were suffering through a devastating drought and I remembered these people but a great
Video examples
Steve Winter: On the...
where the tiger is going to live in Sumatra forever for one reason and one reason only their mountainous and you can't put a palm oil plantation there so here we go they're in these beautiful mountains beautiful jungle one of the most
Video examples
Clearing Everest's Trash...
is moving to curb the number of climbers other reforms will be needed to keep the world's most coveted mountainous peak in sagramonte a national park clear of trash about maybe tomorrow a pediment and the units are dispersed emerging
Video examples
How we can help young...
To reach more young people in more communities, in more places around the world. And we want to dream big. Could every school, everywhere in the world, no matter how remote or mountainous, or even if it's in a refugee camp,
Video examples
What We Know About Pluto...
surface of Pluto some of the ice could get heated turning directly into gas Pluto could be a mountainous world of exotic ice and primordial rock gases spewing out of its surface it may look
Video examples
The secret to living...
are twice as likely to die as women are at any age. But there is one place in the world where men live as long as women. It's a remote, mountainous zone, a blue zone, where super longevity
Video examples
4 Adorable Animals That...
has taken to climbing through the trees the Goodfellows tree kangaroo a rather peculiar looking marsupial with its reddish brown fur and long rounded claws it is endemic to the mountainous
Video examples
How to Fix a Leaky...
To make sure my survives this journey, I need to fix those cracks. And that means heading inland in search of a rare tree. The interior of the island is so mountainous
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Quote examples
Andrew Bird
American Musician
I've always been fascinated and stared at maps for hours as a kid. I've especially been most intrigued by the uninhabited or lonelier places on the planet. Like Greenland, for instance, or just recently flying over Alaska and a chain of icy, mountainous islands, uninhabited.
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Fidel Castro
Statesman
General Giap was one of the most brilliant military strategists of our era, who in Dien Bien Phu was able to place missile launchers in remote, mountainous jungles, something the yankee and European military officers considered impossible.
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Sarah Hall
English Writer
Over the years, I've lived in a variety of places, including America, but I was born and raised in the Lake District, in Cumbria. Growing up in that rural, sodden, mountainous county has shaped my brain, perhaps even my temperament.
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Jonathan Miles
A combination of stir-fry and salad, Lok Lak is a popular staple in Cambodia. It's usually made with beef, but in olden times, in the country's mountainous areas, venison would've gone sizzling into the wok.
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Jeremy Wade
My background is very much tropical rainforests. We did a lot in the earlier series in places like the Amazon and the Congo. Almost as an antidote to that, I quite like more open, mountainous regions.
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Iqbal Quadir
Bangladeshi Businessman
A military or government hierarchy is anathema to the dispersed population and diverse tribes of mountainous Afghanistan.
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Donovan Mitchell
American Athlete
I didn't want to go see mountainous areas as a kid - I wanted to be around town, around New York, around Connecticut.
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James Hogg
Scottish Poet
Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.
Quote examples
Andrew Bird
American Musician
I've always been fascinated and stared at maps for hours as a kid. I've especially been most intrigued by the uninhabited or lonelier places on the planet. Like Greenland, for instance, or just recently flying over Alaska and a chain of icy, mountainous islands, uninhabited.
Quote examples
Fidel Castro
Statesman
General Giap was one of the most brilliant military strategists of our era, who in Dien Bien Phu was able to place missile launchers in remote, mountainous jungles, something the yankee and European military officers considered impossible.
Quote examples
Sarah Hall
English Writer
Over the years, I've lived in a variety of places, including America, but I was born and raised in the Lake District, in Cumbria. Growing up in that rural, sodden, mountainous county has shaped my brain, perhaps even my temperament.
Quote examples
Jonathan Miles
A combination of stir-fry and salad, Lok Lak is a popular staple in Cambodia. It's usually made with beef, but in olden times, in the country's mountainous areas, venison would've gone sizzling into the wok.
Quote examples
Jeremy Wade
My background is very much tropical rainforests. We did a lot in the earlier series in places like the Amazon and the Congo. Almost as an antidote to that, I quite like more open, mountainous regions.
Quote examples
Iqbal Quadir
Bangladeshi Businessman
A military or government hierarchy is anathema to the dispersed population and diverse tribes of mountainous Afghanistan.
Quote examples
Donovan Mitchell
American Athlete
I didn't want to go see mountainous areas as a kid - I wanted to be around town, around New York, around Connecticut.
Quote examples
James Hogg
Scottish Poet
Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence.
Quote examples
H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.
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