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CHAIN MOUNTAINS [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A complex, connected series of several more or less parallel mountain ranges and mountain systems grouped together without regard to similarity of form, structure, and origin, but having a general longitudinal arrangement or well-defined trend.

CONT

... when two plates carrying continents collide, a mountain chain is created, as both plates are too buoyant for one to be subducted below the other.

CONT

e.g. the Mediterranean mountain chain of southern Europe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Système montagneux formé par plissement, disposé en long.

OBS

chaîne de montagnes : terme et définition normalisés par l'Office québécois de la langue française.

Spanish

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