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Webster 1913 Edition

Intermontane

Inˊter-mon′tane

,

Adj.

[Pref.

inter-

+ L.

montanus

belonging to a mountain, fr.

mons

,

montis

, mountain.]

Between mountains;

as,

intermontane

soil

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Intermontane

INTERMONT'ANE

,

Adj.

[L. inter and montanus, mons, a mountain.]

Between mountains; as intermontane soil.

Definition 2024

intermontane

intermontane

English

Adjective

intermontane ‎(not comparable)

Between mountains.
- 1915, Albert Gardner Robinson, Cuba, Old and New:
  The distinct types of relief include regions of high mountains, low hills, dissected plateaus, intermontane valleys, and coastal swamps.
- 1916, Francis Lynde, The Taming of Red Butte Western:
  Later, the discoveries of rich "pocket" deposits in the Red Butte district lifted the intermontane hill country temporarily to the high plane of a bonanza field.
- 2001 November 23, Paul Tapponnier et al., “Oblique Stepwise Rise and Growth of the Tibet Plateau”, in Science, volume 294, number 5547, DOI:10.1126/science.105978, pages 1671-1677:
  Sediment infilling, bathtub-like, of dammed intermontane basins formed flat high plains at each step.

Italian

Adjective

intermontane f

feminine plural of intermontano