mountainous
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The Saudi-led coalition separately said Tuesday that it destroyed a ballistic-missile launch platform in Sana’a and a storage facility at a mountainous site in Saada containing 20 ballistic missiles, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The technology, though, needs ideal climate environments, such as mountainous or cold regions such as Alaska.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Over 5,000 remain missing in Nepal since the tsunami-like waves swept away roads, bridges and settlements in the mountainous regions up north, and battered crucial hydropower projects.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The Upper Colorado Basin, along with many mountainous regions across the U.S.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
The wind tore wildly around the world, whipping up the snow in mountainous drifts, breaking frozen branches off trees, sending icicles clattering to the glassy ground.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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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