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Meaning of orogenous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Of or relating to mountain-building; orogenic.

not-comparable

Examples

“The gradual uplift of mountains is the most common form of orogenous activity.”
“Within the remaining young circumpacific orogenous belt there are mainly two regions of special interest with regard to geothermal conditions left for consideration...”
“The Fergana intermountain depression falls into the orogenous class structures... Being part of post-Paleozoic activation region it has gone through a number of orogenous epochs...”
“[O]rogenous uplifts grow continuously...”
“Orogenous spruce, larch and arolla, mountain pine forests and plantations Western Palaearcic orogenous spruce forests”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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