intermountain
adjective[before noun]
(alsointer-mountain)uk/ˌɪn.təˈmaʊn.tɪn/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈmaʊn.tən/between or in anareabetweenmountains,especiallyin theregionof the US between the RockyMountainsand the Sierra Nevada or Cascade Ranges:
theparkservice'sdirectorfor the intermountainregion
Rain will bespreadinginto the intermountainstateslatertoday.
- A newreportsuggestshow the intermountainstatescanbestmanagetheirrapidgrowth.
- The water-supplypictureremainedbleakacrossthe intermountainwest.
- Rainshowerswillstretchfrom the intermountainwestto theeastcoast.
- Thestategovernmenthascutoffmoneyfor theexperimentalinter-mountainmonorail.
Geography: areas of land in general
- berm
- bioregion
- curtilage
- demesne
- ecoregion
- enclosure
- ground
- inland
- interior
- interlacustrine
- landbank
- non-desert
- orography
- parcel
- patch
- peatland
- reach
- sweep
- tract