submontane

adjective

sub·​montane

¦səb+

1

: lying or passing under a mountain or range of mountains

a submontane stream

2

: situated at the foot or near the base of a mountain or range of mountains

submontanely adverb

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin submontanus, from Latin sub- + montanus of a mountain

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