intermontane

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ montane

Adjective

intermontane (not comparable)

1. Between mountains.
   • 1915, Albert Gardner Robinson, Cuba, Old and New^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     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^[3], 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.

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Italian

Adjective

intermontane f

1. feminine plural of intermontano