mountain region

collocation in English

meaningsofmountainandregion

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mountain
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmaʊn.tɪn/us
/ˈmaʊn.tən/
a raised part of the earth's surface, much larger than a hill, the top of which might be covered ...
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region
noun[C]
uk
/ˈriː.dʒən/us
/ˈriː.dʒən/
a particular area or part of the world, or any of the large official areas into which a country ...
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(Definition ofmountainandregionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmountain region

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These data suggest that installing a drip system to provide supplemental irrigation for bananas grown in themountainregionis a viable management practice.
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In themountainregion, the ideological factor was important.
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Oh look, there are a few mountains, so this is amountainregion.
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I do not believe, broadly speaking, that a remotemountainregioncan be made prosperous by industrialisation unless there are rich mineral resources in the hills.
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In the end themountainregionis the most sensitive rural area, and therefore continues to need our support, if it is to be maintained in its entirety and multifunctionality.
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The two dominant vegetation types of thismountainregion, forests and meadows, have very distinct differences in their microclimates.
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The village is practically inaccessible via land due to its remote location and the surroundingmountainregion.
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Permanent villages in themountainregionstand as high as 4500m ft with summer encampments even higher.
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It is located in themountainregionof the state and is the largest municipality of it.
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The railroad transported freight, and increasingly brought tourists to the beautifulmountainregion.
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Among the various kinds of freight carried on the railway were agricultural products, ores from local mines, and wood from the heavily forestedmountainregion.
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Because the creek is in a sandstone, limestone, and shalemountainregion, it has a relatively low capacity to neutralize added acid.
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When it snows, snow can accumulate up to 10 cm inside the city, while in themountainregion, it accumulates more.
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It is a relatively highmountainregionwith low population density.
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It flows to the northwest, with many bends and curves, as it flows through the high,mountainregion.
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The search is broken up into three stages: a seaside region, amountainregion, and a jungle region, in no particular order.
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Themountainregionaccounts for approximately 60% of the land area.
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In the geomorphologic sense, ipovo is amountainregionwhose average height is 800 metres above sea level.
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However, aggregate income is a different matter, and it is the arid and mountain regions and unirrigated areas that are the poorest.
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Other five are situated inmountainregion.
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