threaten both life and property. Landslide: the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff. Avalanche: a mass of snow‚ ice‚ and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside. There are many reasons to why some places have a high level of landslide and avalanche hazard risk. Firstly‚ in the Appalachian Mountains‚ there is a very high potential risk of avalanches‚ due to the Appalachian Mountains been at such a high altitude; it will gain snow and build up‚ this well then eventually give
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Washington has a diverse natural environment. The Cascade Mountains divide the state into two extremely different natural environments. Those areas west of the Cascades have a mild and moist climate. This moist climate allows dense forests and vegetation to grow. The areas east of the Cascades‚ in contrast‚ have a harsh and dry climate. This dry climate allows mostly short grasses and sagebrush to grow. Drive over the mountain passes and you can very easily see the contrasts between western and
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troposphere‚ A.K.A. the tallest mountain in the world‚ Everest was also known for its quite lofty death rate. Especially in the summer of 1996 when three mountain climbing teams had decided to try to achieve the feat of reaching its summit. Jon Kraheur was one of the few survivors that year but to this day still holds the memories of the events that had taken place. Rob Hall‚ Doug Hansen‚ Scott Fischer‚ and many others had fallen victim to the mountain. What had ensued on the mountain were examples of both
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journey. (Janita Zhang) The concept of passing and decaying of time and environment around Anne suggests that her journey continues even without Olivia’s past. Anne explores town X and notices how the “houses are ramshackle”‚ the entire town is on a mountain which
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underwater). The mid Ocean ridge is a huge mountain range‚ 40 thousand miles long‚ spread throughout the globe. The mountains are enormously tall and some are so tall they burst through the ocean and create islands (ex: Hawaii). The top of this river valley is slit a part and deGruy decides to go between and observe deeper. He observed thousands of active volcanos erupting and lava and magma fillings to create new land (help making of islands and mountains). As the water goes through the magma chamber
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For those who like winter sports like skiing and snowboarding‚ we have just the perfect place- the remote yet very popular mountain resort called Balea Lake. It is situated at an altitude of 2‚034m‚ being the highest mountain resort of Romania. The cliffs are covered with snow from November till late July‚ sometimes still persisting till the new one arrives. First‚ you have to reach Balea Waterfall‚ and only afterwards try to get to the lake. Late spring is the best time to come- you take the
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and kept on thinking. From my early childhood‚ I loved mountains. When I was taken to the Yellowstone National Park by my parents for the first time‚ I was literally shocked by the greatness of nature and the amazing feeling of freedom and height. Since that time‚ I kept on visiting Yellowstone annually; I have also traveled to several mountainous regions of the US and Europe. Every time I was walking up or standing on the top of a mountain‚ I wondered: do people living in such places have the same
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B= Believing; he can reach the mountain before his birthday C= Chance; his dad sees the chance for his son to be the youngest and first to climb Mount. Everest D= Dangerous; climbing E= Embarking; the journey begins F= Falling; Peak wishes he doesn’t fall off the mountain G= Gut-wrenching; it’s the climb that changed everything H= Happy; he wants to do it to make his father happy I= Inherited; he loves to climb because his dad is a professional mountain climber J= June/Journey; they
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through Guatemala I began to discover many interesting things about Guatemala. I noticed that all the farming fields seemed to take over the landscape. It seemed that there were just farming areas nestled in every which corner on the side of the mountains. I thought what happened to all the trees. It seemed that they had all been cut down. While in Guatemala I learned that many of the families that own the
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Some ten kilometers from the heart of Chiang Mai city stands the province’s iconic national park -- Thailand’s tallest mountain: Doi Inthanon. In native northern languages‚ Doi simply means a mountain or its peak. Surrounding this immense‚ gigantic granite is a 1000 square-kilometer national park area stippled with waterfalls and trek trails‚ all enveloped by an impermeable curtain of wilderness. Roamed by over 12‚000 visitors each year and soaring at two thousand five hundred and sixty five meters
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