intermountain
- noun
- /ˌɪntərˈmaʊntən/
- US
- Research conducted on the effects of oil and gas exploration and development (OGED) on wildlife in the Intermountain West provides a possible analog to USSEDO, since comparable data are not available for the desert Southwest.
- intermountain region
- Intermountain West
Examples
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Participants in this study were 17 early childhood educators (10 certified teachers and 7 paraeducators) from a public preschool program in the Intermountain West of the United States.
Academic text (2012) -
The participants of this study were 227 students who were enrolled in Introductory Psychology courses at a regional university in the Intermountain West.
Academic text (2009) -
The Head Start program was located in a rural area in the intermountain west.
Academic text (2013) -
I don't think the Intermountain West will be far behind.
Blog text (32) -
Eighty-eight girls at a high school in the Intermountain West were the participants in this study.
Academic text (2011) -
The total sample consisted of 550 recreational players who lived in the Intermountain region of the United States.
Academic text (2008) -
Participants were recruited from four junior high and middle schools in a state in the U.S. Intermountain West, according to the willingness of districts to participate.
Academic text (2014) -
Since the 1930s, foresters and ecologists have noticed a decline in the aspen forest in parts of the intermountain West.
Academic text (2002) -
As I have argued elsewhere, when they went across the plains and mountains—perceived as wilderness—into the Great Salt Lake Valley and the larger intermountain west, they came to regard the area where they settled as the land of promise.
Academic text (2007) -
The total sample consisted of 550 recreational players who lived in the intermountain region of the United States.
Synonyms
A low area of land between mountain ranges
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intermountain comes from inter- 'between' plus mountain, and as a noun it names a region that sits 'between' mountain ranges, as in the Intermountain West.