Preposition: of

• island: DAYS 7-10 South Georgia We arrive in South Georgia, the most mountainous of the many islands in the Southern Ocean.

Preposition: with

• plain: Clwyd is mostly mountainous with a coastal plain facing the Irish Sea in the north.

Modifies a noun

• terrain: However due to their mountainous terrain, they cannot compete on price with the larger, flatter growing areas in Latin America.

• region: Water powered turbines are used in some mountainous regions where farms have a supply from a body of water much higher than itself.

• hinterland: We continue our journey through the interesting and often mountainous hinterland of Tanzania.

• backdrop: True links courses hug the sea shore while the mountainous backdrops provide lush parkland courses.

• skyline: Views of sea to east and south east from high ground and to mountainous skyline of Slieve Croob to south west.

• interior: Resorts & Excursions Central Madeira Parts of the mountainous interior can be reached by road.

Modifying Another Word

• largely: West Virginia is a largely mountainous state, cut by river valleys.

• mainly: The islands are therefore mainly mountainous creating narrow coastal plains and forested interior valleys and fertile plains.

• very: The raft took us through a very mountainous region, which also had a number of canyons.

• often: You will now only find Golden Eagles in very remote, often mountainous areas.

• so: The journey sometimes takes weeks because the country is so mountainous and there are few roads.

• not: It is the only county in Wales which is not mountainous.

Used with adjective complement

• become: All this time the scenery was becoming more mountainous.