Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, growing in, or inhabiting mountain areas.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Mountainous; belonging or relating to mountains: as, a montane fauna.

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  • adjective Mountainous; specifically, pertaining to the cool, moist upland slopes below the timberline.
  • noun Flora and fauna of a montane habitat.

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  • adjective of or inhabiting mountainous regions

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin montānus, from mōns, mont-, mountain; see men- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Latin montānus ("mountainous").

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Examples

  • The most noteworthy species is the viviparous toad Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis (EN), which occurs in montane grasslands at 1,200-1,600 m and is one of the world's few tailless amphibians that is totally viviparous.

    Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire 2008

  • The first two are classified as montane rain forest, and the third as cloud forest.

    Cook Islands tropical moist forests 2007

  • Climate change would impact slowest in tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, temperate coniferous forests, so-called montane grasslands and shrublands, say the scientists.

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2009

  • Climate change would impact slowest in tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, temperate coniferous forests, so-called montane grasslands and shrublands, say the scientists.

    News24 Top Stories 2009

  • He explained that gorillas like to live in 'montane' rain forest, or cloud forest.

    Last Chance to See Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1990

  • If the release of these hormones is blocked, prairie-voles' sex becomes a fleeting affair, like that normally enjoyed by their rakish montane cousins.

    Rita Pal: Darling, Stand by Me Rita Pal 2012

  • The Eastern Panamanian montane forests are found in the highlands of eastern Panama, and grow at elevations from 500 to 1,800 meters.

    Panamá 2009

  • The Thompson Divide area rises from near Carbondale, where red rock fins contrast sharply with the surrounding greenery along this important riparian area, through montane forests to sub-alpine ecosystems atop Assignation Ridge and beyond into the roadless lands around Clear Fork.

    Rep. Salazar Stands Up for West Slope Ranchers, Local Communities 2010

  • The western delineation is marked by either the continental divide or where it abuts to montane forests at higher elevations.

    Isthmian-Pacific moist forests 2010

  • Although small in size, the 1,500 ha La Selva Biological Station in Northeastern Costa Rica hosts permanent populations of large predators (Panthera onca) and herbivores (Tapirus bairdii) probably because its connection to the upper montane forests of Braulio Carrillo National Park.

    Isthmian-Pacific moist forests 2010

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