Blue-mountains definition

A range of northeast Oregon and southeast Washington consisting of an uplifted, eroded part of the Columbia Plateau. It rises to 2,776 m (9,106 ft) in Oregon.
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A range of eastern Jamaica rising to 2,256 m (7,402 ft) at Blue Mountain Peak. It is a coffee-growing area.
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(place) Heavily forested mountain range of NE Oreg. & SE Wash.: highest peak, 9,105 ft (2,775 m)
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A mountainous region in New South Wales, Australia.
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A small mountain range on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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A mountain range located in the northeastern Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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The longest mountain range in Jamaica.
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A range of rugged hills in West Otago, in southern New Zealand.
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A mountain range in the northeastern section of the Aïr Massif, Niger.
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A mountain range in the western United States, located largely in northeastern Oregon and stretching into southeastern Washington.
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Blue-mountains Sentence Examples

  • It is situated on the south bank of the Macquarie river, at an elevation of 2153 ft., in a fertile undulating plain on the west side of the Blue Mountains.

  • The borough lies on a ridge of ground commanding delightful landscape scenery extending north up the course of the river to the Blue Mountains 20 m.

  • As the tableland runs northward it decreases both in height and width, until it narrows to a few miles only, with an elevation of scarcely 1500 ft.; under the name of the Blue Mountains the plateau widens again and increases in altitude, the chief peaks being Mount Clarence(4000 ft.), Mount Victoria (3525 ft.), and Mount Hay (3270 ft.).

  • The Blue Mountains attain a height of between 3000 and 4000 ft.

  • By means of bond labour roads and bridges were con structed, and a route opened into the interior beyond Rise of the Blue Mountains.

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