Intermontane
Intermontane is a physiographic adjective formed from the prefix "inter-" and the adjective "montane".
The corresponding physiographic noun is intermountain, while the noun intermontane is an ecologic noun meaning among, between, amid, or within "flora and fauna of a montane habitat." As an example, an alpine region would be an intermontane for a species that migrates between a glacial region and a subalpine region.
Use of the term
- Intermontane Basin, a wide valley between mountain ranges that is partly filled with alluvium such as New Zealand's Mackenzie Basin.
- Intermontane Belt, a physiogeological region in the North American Pacific Northwest.
- Intermontane Plateaus, the United States physiographic region of the Intermountain West.
- Intermontane Steppe, a term used mainly in reference to the Sayan Intermontane Steppe.
- Intermontane Islands, an ancient Pacific Ocean chain of volcanic islands of the Intermontane Plate that were active during the Triassic period.
- Intermontane Plate, an ancient oceanic tectonic plate on the west coast of North America about 195 million years ago.
- Intermontane Trench, an ancient oceanic trench of the Triassic period along the west coast of North America in the former Slide Mountain Ocean.