rise
ascent
ascension
ascending | the act of changing location in an upward direction |
mountain climbing
mountaineering | the activity of climbing a mountain |
| Kennesaw Mountain | battle of the American Civil War (), Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston |
Rocky Mountain jay
Perisoreus canadensis capitalis | a Canada jay with a white head, widely distributed from Montana to Arizona |
mountain skink
Eumeces callicephalus | frequents oak and pine habitats in rocky mountainous areas of United States southwest and Mexico |
mountain devil
spiny lizard Moloch horridus | desert lizard that feeds on ants |
black rat snake
blacksnake pilot blacksnake
mountain blacksnake
Elaphe obsoleta | large harmless shiny black North American snake |
mountain quail
mountain partridge
Oreortyx picta palmeri | California partridge, slightly larger than the California quail |
| Greater Swiss Mountain dog | the largest of the four Swiss breeds |
| Bernese mountain dog | large powerful long-haired blackoated Swiss dog with deep tan or russet markings on legs and white blaze and feet and chest marking, formerly used for draft |
cougar
puma
catamount mountain lion
painter
panther Felis concolor | large American feline resembling a lion |
mountain beaver
sewellel
Aplodontia rufa | bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America, the most primitive living rodent |
| mountain paca | rodent of mountains of western South America |
mountain chinchilla
mountain viscacha | a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity |
mountain zebra
Equus zebra zebra | narrow-striped nearly extinct zebra of southern Africa |
| mountain sheep | any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions |
bighorn
bighorn sheep
cimarron
Rocky Mountain bighorn
Rocky Mountain sheep
Ovis canadensis | wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns |
mountain goat
Rocky Mountain goat
Oreamnos americanus | sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America |
mountain nyala
Tragelaphus buxtoni | shaggy antelope of mountains of Ethiopia |
mountain gorilla
Gorilla gorilla beringei | gorilla of Kivu highlands |
Rocky Mountain whitefish
Prosopium williamsonii | whitefish of the western United States and Canada |
mountain bike
all-terrain bike
offoader | a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires, originally designed for riding in mountainous country |
| mountain tent | a lightweight tent with a floor, flaps close with a zipper |
| mountain trail | a trail through mountainous country |
rise rising
ascent
ascension | a movement upward, they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon |
lingonberry
mountain cranberry
cowberry
lowbush cranberry | tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller |
| Rocky Mountain National Park | a national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forests |
Vermont
Green Mountain State
VT | a state in New England |
West Virginia
Mountain State
WV | a state in east central United States |
ascent
acclivity
rise
raise
climb
upgrade | an upward slope or grade (as in a road), the car couldn't make it up the rise |
Balkans
Balkan Mountains
Balkan Mountain Range | the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula |
mountain
mount | a land mass that projects well above its surroundings, higher than a hill |
| mountain peak | the summit of a mountain |
pass
mountain pass
notch | the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks, we got through the pass before it started to snow |
range
mountain range
range of mountains
chain mountain chain
chain of mountains | a series of hills or mountains, the valley was between two ranges of hills, the plains lay just beyond the mountain range |
frontiersman
backwoodsman
mountain man | a man who lives on the frontier |
mountaineer
mountain climber | someone who climbs mountains |
Rocky mountain pinon
Pinus edulis | small compact two-needled pinon of southwestern United States, important as a nut pine |
Swiss mountain pine
mountain pine dwarf mountain pine
mugho pine
mugo pine
Pinus mugo | low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two |
western white pine
silver pine mountain pine Pinus monticola | tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles, bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature |
bristlecone pine
Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine
Pinus aristata | small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of and thorn-tipped cone scales, among the oldest living things some over years old |
table-mountain pine
prickly pine
hickory pine
Pinus pungens | a small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales |
mountain hemlock
black hemlock
Tsuga mertensiana | large evergreen of western United States, wood much harder than Canadian hemlock |
pahautea
Libocedrus bidwillii
mountain pine | evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka |
tarwood tar-wood New Zealand mountain pine
Halocarpus bidwilli
Dacrydium bidwilli | New Zealand shrub |
mountain rimu
Lepidothamnus laxifolius
Dacridium laxifolius | low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches, New Zealand |
Oregon grape Oregon holly grape
hollygrape
mountain grape
holly-leaves barberry
Mahonia aquifolium | ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries |
California laurel
California bay tree
Oregon myrtle
pepperwood
spice tree sassafras laurel
California olive
mountain laurel Umbellularia californica | Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit, yields a hard tough wood |
mountain lily Mount Cook lily
Ranunculus lyalii | showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand |
Alpine anemone
mountain anemone
Anemone tetonensis | silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers |