mountain chain

Example Sentences

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AFP joined as it surveyed biodiversity on a deep-sea mountain chain off Sulawesi island.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

New Curtin University research has revealed that the Ninetyeast Ridge -- the Earth's longest straight underwater mountain chain -- formed through a different process than previously believed.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

Especially worrying is the outlook for the Sierra Nevada, the long mountain chain that runs through the eastern part of the state.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2021

The resulting magma ascends through the crust, producing a mountain chain with many volcanoes.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

My blockhouse was built at the foot of the mountain chain of the Rio Grande, on the precipitous banks of the River Leone.

From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various