The phrase often appears in reviews of books or travelogues that focus on the experience of these landscapes: Thanksgiving with John Ehle by Valerie Stivers
: A dramatic 75-mile chain in Colorado and New Mexico that rises straight from the valley floor without foothills. chain of mountains
: A larger system formed by multiple long chains of ranges. The phrase often appears in reviews of books
: While they line up, they are geologically distinct; the Cascades are mostly volcanic, while the Sierra Nevada is carved from igneous rock. "Chain of Mountains" in Media and Literature they are geologically distinct