Sentence examples for of the mountainous from inspiring English sources

The Orontes is the principal river of the mountainous region.

Here, in the 12th century, 11 rock-hewn churches were carved out of the mountainous landscape.

Tree kangaroos and bird-wing butterflies occur in the rainforests of the mountainous northeast.

Glaciation continues in many of the mountainous areas and on the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago.

The military has been battling to regain the control of the mountainous region, using artillery and helicopter gunships.

Fittingly, it is named after Charles Rabot, a French glaciologist and geographer known for his explorations of the mountainous area.

Minarets towered above every neighborhood, and vast swaths of the mountainous landscape were devoid of any vegetation.

In the southern, or Red Sea, region, the climate differs because of the mountainous nature of the terrain.

The southeastern portion of the state consists of the mountainous region of the Franconian Forest and the Vogtland.

The fragile ecosystem of the mountainous pilgrim towns has been straining under the increasing number of pilgrims.

The government says 14 of the mountainous country's 75 districts have been affected by floods, 54 people have died and many major rivers are running at dangerous levels.