The phrase "abrupt mountains" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe mountains that have steep, sudden changes in elevation or a rugged appearance.
Example: "The landscape was dominated by abrupt mountains that seemed to rise sharply from the valley floor."
Alternatives: "steep mountains" or "rugged mountains".
The West is as dry as the East is wet, a vast and arid landscape of high plains and deserts broken by abrupt mountain ranges and deep canyons.
In the limestone areas the characteristic landscape consists of karst formations (i.e., precipitous slopes, abrupt, protuberant mountains, caverns, and subterranean streams).
"There are extreme climates, abrupt terrain, jungle, mountains, and the border with Venezuela".
Those of us who love traditional Chinese scroll paintings have an emotional relationship to "mystical mountains;" those shaggy pillars and abrupt granite projections, partially hidden by cloud and mist; transcendental and otherworldly.
A cool consolation is the extraordinary scenery: the primeval forests of Khao Sok, which rise and fall with the huge limestone mountain peaks that stand sheer and abrupt against the sky.
The worldwide phylogeographic distribution of hg J2a suggests its entry in Indian subcontinent through northwestern corridor and an abrupt drop further south due to Western Ghat mountain ranges (Fig. 3).
Mountain landscapes have complex and rugged topographies, with abrupt spatial and temporal changes in microclimate and soil properties, factors that directly affect tree growth and canopy processes.
He says she never mentioned his abrupt courtship -- the theft of young women being the traditional way mountain men obtained their brides.
The dispute comes amid broader concerns about public infrastructure spending in Spain, which is one of the euro economies struggling under a mountain of debt after the financial crisis brought to an abrupt end a decade-long construction boom.
In addition, the simulation reproduced an abrupt increase in the phase variation at the downside slope of the mountain, which was detected at the downslope of the Hidaka Mountains in the InSAR image.
