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 |
valley pocket gopher
Thomomys bottae | of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States |
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 |
lingonberry
mountain cranberry
cowberry
lowbush cranberry | tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller |
| Kobuk Valley National Park | a national park in Alaska having mountains and forests and tundra and sand dunes and archeological sites |
| Rocky Mountain National Park | a national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forests |
Ruhr
Ruhr Valley | a major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany |
| Sun Valley | a winter sports resort in south central Idaho |
Vermont
Green Mountain State
VT | a state in New England |
West Virginia
Mountain State
WV | a state in east central United States |
| Silicon Valley | a region in California to the south of San Francisco that is noted for its concentration of high-technology industries |
| Death Valley | a desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada, contains the lowest point in North America |
Balkans
Balkan Mountains
Balkan Mountain Range | the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula |
| Great Rift Valley | ( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa, extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique, marked by geological faults |
| Loire Valley | the valley of the Loire River where many French wines originated |
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 |
| rift valley | a valley with steep sides, formed by a rift in the earth's crust |
| San Fernando Valley | a fertile valley in southern California to the north of Los Angeles, includes many residential communities |
| San Joaquin Valley | a vast valley in central California known for its rich farmland |
| Shenandoah Valley | a large valley between the Allegheny Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia, site of numerous battles during the American Civil War |
valley
vale | a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river |
frontiersman
backwoodsman
mountain man | a man who lives on the frontier |
mountaineer
mountain climber | someone who climbs mountains |
| valley girl | a girl who grew up in the tract housing in the San Fernando Valley |
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 |