Sentences with phrase «high mountain plateaus»

Maca (Lepidium meyenii) is a finicky root, similar to a turnip or radish, that only grows well in the cold, arid climates of high mountain plateaus, and in soil that is inhospitable to most other crops.

Indeed, this place looks like a high mountain plateau, treeless with heathers and high winds.

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The Transantarctic Mountains are sometimes visible 95 kilometers to the south; the South Pole sits on a high plateau behind those mountains, 625 kilometMountains are sometimes visible 95 kilometers to the south; the South Pole sits on a high plateau behind those mountains, 625 kilometmountains, 625 kilometers away.

The next time you gaze deep into your pooch's eyes, imagine the high plateaus of Mongolia or the mountains of Nepal.

To minimize this problem, radio telescopes are placed at high altitudes — the tops of mountains or high desert plateaus — but incoming clouds, rain, or snow can still take an observatory offline.

It is located on a sunny plateau high above the Tyrolean Inn Valley, around 1,400 metres above sea - level and framed by the mighty 3000 - metre Samnaun mountains and the Ötztal Alps which looks gorgeous all year round.

The geography also varies greatly, from the open plains and plateaus of the south, through to the north, with its impenetrably high mountain ranges; the capital city Vientiane acts as the dividing hub in the centre.

In the afternoon you will travel on the slopes of the Cuchumatanes Ridge, knon as the highest mountain in Central America, see the small villages from above and little as you travel high until you reach plateau and see the town of Nebaj known as the town of Boxboles a traditional meal in Guatemala, here you will spend one night at the Hacienda San Antonio Cheese farm in the small aldea of Acul.

Home to the bent horns of the Ibex, the high plateau of the Simien Mountains offer a more jagged landscape with deep canyons, protruding rocks, sheer cliffs, and wonderful vistas for those that trek across them.

The village lies on a high Alpine plateau, surrounded by mountains, above the Inn Valley and less than one hour's drive from Innsbruck.

The Belize Archeological site of Caracol sits high on a plateau, 500 meters above sea level on the western edge of the Maya Mountains.

Bali is noted for the beauty and variety of the landscapes from coastal lowland to the exhilarating high mountain lakes, barren limestone plateaus to thick monsoon forests.

PHYSICAL FEATURES OF MACHU PICCHU The site lies in the Selva Alta zone, and includes part of a highly dissected mountain massif of the high Andes plateau, which rises steeply from the Urubamba River valley.

Flanken by the Caucasus Mountains on the highest plateau in Dagestan, the village of Tsovkra - 1 has parlayed the perils of its topography into a peculiar claim to fame: that every able - bodied member of its roughly four - hundred - person population can walk a tightrope.