Intermontane

Intermontane

Intermontane

Within mountainous regions


Intermontane is a physiographic adjective formed from the prefix "inter-" (signifying among, between, amid, during, within, mutual, reciprocal) and the adjective "montane" (inhabiting, or growing in mountainous regions, especially cool, moist upland slopes below the timberline).

The corresponding physiographic noun is intermountain, while the noun intermontane is an ecologic noun meaning among, between, amid, or within "flora and fauna of a montane habitat." As an example, an alpine region would be an intermontane for a species that migrates between a glacial region and a subalpine region.[specify]

Use of the term

In palaeogeography, intermontane may refer to


References

  1. "WWF - Sayan Intermontane steppe". Archived from the original on 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2013-03-15.



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