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What does mountainous mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word mountainous? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Having many mountains; rough (terrain); rocky.
  2. Resembling a mountain, especially in size.
  3. (by extension, of a problem or task) Very difficult.
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Minority groups in this small, mountainous country include the Mon-Khmer, the Yao, and the Hmong.
The southern region is of volcanic origin, with a mountainous terrain of red clay hills, waterfalls, rivers, and streams.
Madeira's is a mountainous interior, mysteriously wreathed by a cover of clouds.
They raised crops and pastured their flocks in Morocco's mountainous inland regions.
However, surrounding tribes rose up and forced a desperate retreat through mountainous country.
Even today rack railways are not too uncommon in some countries, especially mountainous ones.

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