Sentences with phrase «in vast mountain»

The Hindu: As the climate warms, increased melting of glaciers and more rain along the Himalayas is likely to enhance the flow of water into the big rivers that arise in this vast mountain range, according to research just published.

You can jog seaside trails, take in vast mountain landscapes, or even participate in a neon - drenched run down the Vegas strip.

Born in the vast mountain ranges of British Columbia, the Fraser River floods southward to its rendezvous with the Pacific.

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The company has used its vast domestic store network, roughly 11,400 at last count, to hawk its machines and hopefully leapfrog Green Mountain in the quest for single - serve segment superiority.

It must have seemed unlikely, in the 1970s, that his modest achievements in Krakow - a vast annual Corpus Christi procession through the city, the great new church at Nowa Huta, a network of social care established for unmarried mothers and others in need, youth gatherings up in the Tatra mountains and in overflowing city churches — would in due course overwhelm official Marxism by sheer force of joyful hope and moral uplift.

Already the fund has been responsible for returning vast swaths of land to their natural state, in the USA and elsewhere and has largely been credited for ensuring the survival of the tiger, cheetah and mountain gorilla.

Environment is an important consideration in an era that saw highlanders, in search of opportunity, migrate in vast numbers from the mountains to the barriadas around Lima and other coastal cities.

There they were, all five of them, situated on a vast open field with the San Juan Mountains far off in the distance acting as their backdrop.

He drove on, moving in his new Ford Expedition from a vast desert to mountains thick with aspen and spruce, his destination a rented town house where he would be spending the next four or five months.

The National Academy of Sciences has given the nod to long - term disposal of spent fuel in canisters that will be sealed deep inside a mountain near the vast, remote Nevada Test Site, where hundreds of atomic bombs were once exploded.

The evidence contributes to the emerging picture that the Silk Road — which the Ottoman Empire closed off in the 15th century — was a highly three - dimensional network that not only traversed vast linear distances but also scaled tall mountains.

the south - bound expedition had cleared that vast plain of floating ice which flows down from the great mountains of the interior and covers the southern part of Ross Sea throughout an area above 20,000 square miles with an ice sheet approximately 800 feet in thickness, and had begun to climb the heights which form the mountainous embayment at the head of Ross Sea.

Great mountains of ice are melting in Antarctica, vast plains of frozen water continue to collapse into the Southern Ocean.

Tornadoes have hit every continent on the planet except Antarctica, but the vast majority of tornadoes hit in the United States — specifically in the south and southeast United States, or «tornado alley,» where cold air blowing east from the Rocky Mountains can mix to deadly effect with warm air blowing north from the Gulf of Mexico.

The answers are turning up in traces of mound settlements bordering the rugged Kopet - Dag mountains to the south, which rise up to form the vast Iranian plateau.

Said Peter Zahler, WCS Asia Program Deputy Director: «Central Asia contains some of the last great temperate grasslands left in the world, vast natural desert regions, and some of the greatest mountains on the planet.

Vast stands of whitebark pine help to maintain the mountain snowpacks that provide water to more than 30 million people in 16 U.S. states each year.

Since the vast majority of mountain glaciers are in recession, and most studies show permafrost to be melting, this knocks the sceptics» position re urbanisation on the head.

There was a warm, stable climate with dispersed continents surounded by vast warm and shallow seas over continental shelves that provided light, oxygen, and nutrients for life to thrive in, because intense mountain - building also increased erosion and the discharge of eroded nutrients into those seas.

The story misses this important development, that long before finding the first feathered dinosaur in the mid 1990s, the vast majority of paleontologists and an increasing number of young ornithologists realized and had accepted the mountain of osteological evidence, which Ostrom had pioneered, that frames birds as dinosaur descendants.

Housed with hand - crafted wooden art and lined with plush, organic gardens, guest can enjoy vast views while dining in the tree - top restaurant overlooking the mountain range.

Turns out that men and women agree on where they want to go — a vast majority (59 %) voted the ocean as the most romantic setting, with a foreign city coming in next (17 %) and the mountains (14 %) third.

With vast mountain terrains and theatrical music, the fantasy film feel is only enhanced by the voice - over by British actor Charles Dance, best known for his role as the uncompromising Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones.

Explore vast forests and scale tall mountains in this rugged, weather - beaten part of Hyboria.

There, once it sinks in that the Japanese intend to use the Brits to build a railway west of Baghdad through mountains and valleys, a vast, unenviable and soul - crushing undertaking (famously fictionalized in the Oscar - winning film The Bridge on the River Kwai).

This all takes place in a familiar world of vast plains, snow covered mountains, and other exotic biomes, each hosting its own hierarchy of monsters.

This town is a veritable sanctuary, nestled in a vast range of the Maluti Mountains.

The Daily Grind Chevy moved mountains in improving the Corvette's interior, but there's still a vast gap between these cars in quality.

Using the vast and wildly varying terrain in Southern California, we traverse everything from rocky mountain trails to windy canyon passes.

Filkins's narrative moves across a vast and various landscape of amazing characters and astonishing scenes: deserts, mountains, and streets of carnage; a public amputation performed by Taliban; children frolicking in minefields; skies streaked white by the contrails of B - 52s; a night's sleep in the rubble of Ground Zero.

About halfway between New York and Great Neck, just beneath Flushing Bay, stood the towering Corona Dumps, vast mountains of fuel ash that New York had been heaping on swampland beyond the city limits since 1895, in a landfill created by the construction of the Long Island Rail Road.

The mountain is so huge, and the destruction so vast, that you still can't believe anyone would be crazy enough to be anywhere near it in the weeks before the eruption.

Wyoming is a large state with vast plains and the Rocky Mountains in its western half.

Arelauquen Lodge, A Tribute Portfolio Hotel, will be debut in Patagonia, near the world's end, with vast landscapes of lakes and mountains, while Auberge du Vin, A Tribute Portfolio Hotel, will be located in the heart of Argentina's wine country.

Vast African plains interspersed with granite kopjes, rivers, the Lebombo Mountains in the east, and a series of forests in the far north, dawn game drives, thatched roof accommodation and the eerie night chatter of hyenas or wild dogs on the prowl make this a firm favourite of any visit to the Limpopo.

Madikwe consists of vast plains of open woodlands and grasslands and bordered in the south by the Dwarsberg Mountains.

You can spend your holidays in a beautiful place, absorbed in a... Read more landscape which merges sea and mountains, with vast amusement opportunities, peace and entertainment.

From the luxurious villa rentals overlooking volcanic black sand beaches and the resorts that are nestled in the middle of the rainforest, to the tiny cottages perched on mountain tops that allow for the best hiking that the island has to offer, these choices are all designed to deliver a vast array of options to fit any budget, personal preference and event.

And Golden near the confluence of the Kicking Horse and mighty Columbia River and at the foot of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, where a tradition of mountain adventure has its roots in the golden era of railroading in Canada when Swiss guides arrived in the late 1800's to explore the vast wildness of Canada's mountains, many of them settling in and aroundMountain Resort, where a tradition of mountain adventure has its roots in the golden era of railroading in Canada when Swiss guides arrived in the late 1800's to explore the vast wildness of Canada's mountains, many of them settling in and aroundmountain adventure has its roots in the golden era of railroading in Canada when Swiss guides arrived in the late 1800's to explore the vast wildness of Canada's mountains, many of them settling in and around Golden.

Step lightly at this sacred site and feel the island mana while drinking in the sweeping views of the valley, mountains, and vast sapphire Pacific.

The Dolomites, a vast mountain range in Italy's South Tyrol (also known in Italian as Alto Adige), is the home to an impressive selection of ski resorts boasting heavenly pistes and azure skies.

As the biggest Scandinavian country, it is blessed with long coastal areas, thousands of lakes, vast green forests, and majestic snow - covered mountains, there are so many charming places to visit in Sweden.

Lemoenfontein lies in the heart of the Karoo, against a backdrop of the majestic Nuweveld mountain range with views over Beaufort West and the vast Karoo plains.

Bordering Strathcona Provincial Park and the Beaufort Mountains to the west and the Georgia Strait to the east, this resort treats visitors in summer and winter to a wide choice of accommodation and the perfect combination of rugged West Coast beauty plus a vast number of outdoor activities.

Set in the Pilanesberg Mountain Range in a vast crater of an extinct volcano, it is a unique geological feature and for this reason alone is worth visiting.

Completing the magic is a vast private deck which offers spectacular views of the ocean, resort grounds, and the St. Anne Mountains to the south making this suite the ultimate in magnificence and privacy.

Here you find mountains akin to the dramatic landscapes of New Zealand, combined with the largest glacial ice fields in South America, slowly melting to feed into a vast network of turquoise rivers and lakes, with water so pure you can drink it!

For we're fortunate enough to experience all sorts of amazing adventures here in this vast, incredibly wondrous, wild place, where waterfalls gush and monstrous mountains rise steeply through the mists and there's no sign of human presence anywhere (except ours).

UNDERGROUND ATTRACTIONS: Caves St. Herman's Cave is part of a vast cave system which occurs in the hilly limestone country of the Cave Branch area or the Mountain Pine Ridge.

The vast open spaces and diverse topography lends itself to outdoor activities, and among the many we specialize in fly fishing including trout, bass and yellowfish, horse trail rides, mountain biking and hiking.