mountain chain
Noun
Meaning
a series of hills or mountains
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the valley was between two ranges of hills
the plains lay just beyond the mountain range
A few characteristic basalt hills are located on the northern side of the mountain chain.
Although commonly referred to as a mountain chain, the Carpathians do not actually form an uninterrupted chain of mountains.
Glaciers are confined to the northern slopes of the central Pyrenees, and do not descend, like those of the Alps, far down into the valleys but rather have their greatest lengths along the direction of the mountain chain.
It is the smallest of the four islands and has a central mountain chain reaching 860 meters at its highest.