submontane

US: (sub mon′tān)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sub•mon•tane  (sub mon′tān), adj. 

1. under or beneath a mountain or mountains.
2. at or near the foot of mountains.
3. pertaining or belonging to the lower slopes of mountains.

• Late Latin submontānus; see sub-, montane
• 1810–20

sub•mon′tane•ly, adv.