mountainous
Example Sentences
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Much of the landscape is mountainous, with 258 peaks rising above 3,000 meters.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
The 43-year-old was born in a small village in Nepal's mountainous Myagdi district, located around 1,600m above sea level.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
In the west of India, the mountainous region of Mahabaleshwar is home to most of India's strawberry farms.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
In the 1960s, Nepal’s mountainous region of Mustang, west of Everest, was the base for CIA-backed Tibetan rebels fighting against China for the independence of the Tibetan region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The raven hops off by a mountainous pile of paper scales with a curling tail that looks as though it might once have been a dragon.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Vocabulary lists containing mountainous
South America - Middle School
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Eastern Europe - Introductory
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East Asia - Middle School
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