mountain climbing mountaineering | the activity of climbing a mountain |
soil conservation | protection of soil against erosion or deterioration |
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 |
soil pipe | drain that conveys liquid waste from toilets, etc. |
lingonberry mountain cranberry cowberry lowbush cranberry | tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller |
Free Soil Party | a former political party in the United States, formed in to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories, merged with the Liberty Party in |
territory soil | the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state, American troops were stationed on Japanese soil |
soil profile | a vertical section of soil from the ground surface to the parent rock |
Rocky Mountain National Park | a national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forests |
soil horizon | a layer in a soil profile |
Vermont Green Mountain State VT | a state in New England |
West Virginia Mountain State WV | a state in east central United States |
Balkans Balkan Mountains Balkan Mountain Range | the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula |
land ground soil | material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use), the land had never been plowed, good agricultural soil |
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 |