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English
Etymology
By analogy to erogenous zone.
Noun
orogenous zone (plural orogenous zones)
- (geology, often humorous, by analogy to erogenous zone) A region characterized by mountain-building.
Orogenous zones are usually found along plate boundaries.
The villagers were astonished to learn that they were living in an orogenous zone.
1960, M. Palmer, editor, World Petroleum, volume 31, page 65:...an orogenous zone separates a deep subsiding western zone, over 3,000 meters deep, from a more stable eastern zone rising gently to the east.
1968, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, volumes 11-14, page vi:The El Dorado-Searchlight area is geologically a north-south trending orogenous zone, paralleled on the east by the valley of the Colorado, and by an alluvial valley on the west.
1976, “Geomorphology and Paleogeography”, in Proceedings of the International Geographical Union, page 78:Structures due to strata compaction have been identified in the orogenous zone of North-Dobrogea (Independenta), in the Moesic Platform and in the Pannonian Depression (Teremia).
2001, Jeff Rovin, Fatalis: a Novel, Macmillan, page 28:Grand knew the mountains well, he respected their moods, and above all he enjoyed the challenge of what Tumamait — when he still had a sense of humor — once referred to as "one of the earth's most seductive and temperamental orogenous zones."
2008, Gregory S. Babonis, “et al.”, in Using Multi-frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar to Develop Regional-Scale Groundwater Maps, University of Michigan, page 9:The NHLR lies within the Northern Highlands region—a relict orogenous zone that has been glacially eroded to form a highland plateau region spanning from Michigan to Minnesota.