mountain-chains

It had been his intention, (and his bid for fame), to break up these white blank spaces and diversify them with the black markings of mountain-chains, sinks and basins, and sinuous river courses; and it was with added delight that he came to speculate upon the possibilities of timber belts and native villages.

IN THE FOREST OF THE NORTH 2010

It looks rather as if this land was connected with the masses of land and immense mountain-chains that Amundsen found near the Pole.

The South Pole~ Introduction by Fridtjof Nansen 2009

I saw clearly the cultivated ranges, and the several mountain-chains that run parallel with the side, and the volcanoes that overtop Mouna-Rea, which rise 5,000 yards above the level of the sea.

Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 2003

It looks rather as if this land was connected with the masses of land and immense mountain-chains that Amundsen found near the Pole.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

This extension of the dry land was brought about not only by the gradual accumulation of materials, but also by the upheaval of large tracts of stratified deposits; for, though the loftiest mountain-chains did not yet exist, ranges like those of the Alleghanies and the Jura belong to this division of the world's history.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 Various

Kopetdagh, and Paropamisus, the intricate and imperfectly known network of mountains west of the Pamir, the Thian-Shan and Ala-tau mountain regions, and farther north-east the Altai, the still unnamed complex of Minusinsk mountains, the intricate mountain-chains of

Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

There are many mountain-chains as high or higher than the Alps, which can boast of but few and small glaciers, if, indeed, they have any.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 Various

Our broad forests will have to be cleared and our mountain-chains, east and west, more densely settled than Switzerland, before the distinction of a nation of marksmen can be lost to us.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various

_ -- The most striking physical features are two mountain-chains; the Balkans, which run east and west through the heart of the country; and Rhodope, which, for a considerable distance, forms its southern boundary.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

She is foremost to-day in piercing with tunnels the mountain-chains, that the wheels of trade may roll unobstructed through rocky barriers, and cutting canals through the great isthmuses that the keels of commerce may sweep unhindered across the seas.

Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z Various