montane

adjective

mon·​tane ˌmän-ˈtān 

ˈmän-ˌtān

1

: of, relating to, growing in, or being the biogeographic zone of relatively moist cool upland slopes below timberline dominated by large coniferous trees

2

: of, relating to, or made up of montane plants or animals

Examples of montane in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Mooring and several undergraduates will follow steep, muddy trails out of tropical montane forests to a point 12,000 feet high in the Talamancan mountains. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022

The eastern canyon is narrower and shadier and features plants from the state’s montane regions; the western one is wider and gets more sunlight and, therefore, contains plants that are more typical of low-lying chaparral areas. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022

Combine a visit to Aracataca with Reserva de las Aves Río Blanco, in the montane rainforests of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. — Christopher Baker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2022

This means that parts of the vast montane forest that once stretched across much of central Africa now has permanent protection and is open to visitors. — Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021

For the first time since its discovery more than 125 years ago, scientists have documented the Bornean subspecies of the Rajah Scops-Owl in the montane forest of Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu. — Julia Musto, Fox News, 16 May 2021

On Tasmania, for example, 2019 bush fires scorched the remote Overland Track, home to ancient stands of montane conifers. — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2021

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Latin montānus "of the mountains, living in the mountains," from mont-, mons "mountain, hill" + -ānus -an entry 2 — more at mount entry 1

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for montane

• chardonnay