Uinta Mountains
a mountain range in NE Utah, part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Kings Peak, 13,498 feet (4,115 meters).
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How to use Uinta Mountains in a sentence
Far in the distant south, scarcely to be distinguished from the blue clouds on the horizon, stand the Uinta Mountains.
Canyons of the Colorado | J. W. PowellTaking up our cache, we pass down to the foot of the Uinta Mountains and in a cold storm go into camp.
Canyons of the Colorado | J. W. PowellThere is a long spur running out from the Uinta Mountains toward the south, and the river runs lengthwise through it.
Canyons of the Colorado | J. W. PowellThe first and oldest form is the Uintatherium, which takes its name from the Uinta Mountains.
Extinct Monsters | H. N. HutchinsonThe range of uinta as now understood is restricted to the southern and western parts of the Uinta Mountains and their environs.
The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 | Stephen D. Durrant
British Dictionary definitions for Uinta Mountains
/ (jʊˈɪntə) /
a mountain range in NE Utah: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak: Kings Peak, 4123 m (13 528 ft)
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