mountainous
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The Upper Colorado Basin, along with many mountainous regions across the U.S.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Not that a drawn out, stunt-heavy chase sequence on a mountainous highway doesn’t get the blood rushing again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
A change in wind direction at this time of year pulls warm, moist air northward from the Gulf of California and the tropical Pacific, triggering storms over mountainous terrain.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The eastern city of Baalbek has one of Lebanon's best-known landmarks: a stunningly well-preserved Roman temple complex set against the mountainous border with Syria.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Taking the forest road, they swiftly passed from the mountainous wasteland of Endovier and into fairer country.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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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