He had no maps, but was guided by the men as he flew above Mexican mountains.

High mountains of the Ruwenzori Range ( some above ) are found on the eastern borders with Rwanda and Uganda ( see Albertine Rift montane forests for a description of this area ).

Temperatures rarely rise above, and freezing temperatures only occur in winter in the highest mountains.

The highest mountains of the West Indies are in this range: Pico Duarte, 3, 098 m, and others above 3, 000 m. Near the center of the island, this range turns southward and is called Sierra de Ocoa, finishing near the city of Azua de Compostela, on the Caribbean coast.

Similar to the desert, the peninsula contains mountains in its southern sector that are a geological extension of the Red Sea Hills, the low range along the Red Sea coast that includes Mount Catherine ( Jabal Katrinah ), the country's highest point, at 2, 642 m above sea-level.

The depth of the depression is accentuated by the surrounding mountains and highlands that rise to elevations of 800 to 1, 200 meters above sea level.

Precipitation varies from per year in the mountains above the Fergana Valley to less than per year on the west bank of Ysyk-Köl.

The city serves as the nation's cultural and learning centre, situated above sea level in a narrow valley, wedged between the Hindu Kush mountains along the Kabul River.

To clarify, the Andes is the world's largest chain of mountains above sea level.

Due to their location in the tropics, this elevation is high enough to reach the temperate climate line in the tropics thereby giving the highlands, mountains and the plateau regions standing above this height, a cool mountain climate.

The eastern hills and mountains, an extension of a plateau in southern Brazil, dominate the region, whose highest point is about above sea level.

The average height of the mountains is above sea level, although the highest point reaches.

The town is located north of the Harz mountains approximatively 123 meters above sea level.

The nearest mountains reach 181 meters above sea level.

It is mostly flat with no real mountains, and the state's highest natural point is Jerimoth Hill, 812 feet ( 247 m ) above sea level.

The mountains that rise up above the Mediterranean Sea to form these islands are an extension of the Sistema Penibetico.

These mountains extend up to almost three thousand meters in elevation, but above a few hundred meters they are almost completely devoid of vegetation.

Whittow's Dictionary of Physical Geography states " Some authorities regard eminences above 600 m ( 2, 000 ft ) as mountains, those below being referred to as hills.

The highest among these mountains is the Langenberg with 843. 2 m above sea level, then follow the Kahler Asten ( 840. 7 m above sea level ) and the Clemensberg ( 839. 2 m above sea level ).

The Rio Grande rises in high mountains and flows for much of its length at high elevation ; El Paso is above sea level.

This region is studded with large lakes, e. g. Uvs 720 m above sea level, Khyargas, Dorgon and Khar 1, 170 m, and traversed by various mountain ranges, of which the principal are the Tannu-Ola Mountains, running roughly parallel with the Sayan Mountains as far east as the Kosso-gol, and the Khan Khökhii mountains, also stretching west and east.

Sites that meet the above criteria for modern observatories include the southwestern United States, Hawaii, Canary Islands, the Andes, and high mountains in Mexico such as Sierra Negra.

The main ways water vapor is added to the air: wind convergence into areas of upward motion, precipitation or virga falling from above, daytime heating evaporating water from the surface of oceans, water bodies or wet land, transpiration from plants, cool or dry air moving over warmer water, and lifting air over mountains.

`` P. J. '' -- as Ludie called the town -- was crowded with summer people who came to the mountains to escape the heat in the big cities.

Industrial, commercial, and residential development in the town of Boone is a controversial issue due to its location in the mountains of Appalachia.

Most of the resistance activity had until then taken place on the west side of the Green Mountains ; on March 13, a small riot in the shire town of Westminster, on the east side of the mountains, resulted in the death of two men.

The town and its suburbs are surrounded by picturesque mountains.

In a celebration of mountains and the culture that surrounds them, and in recognition of the importance of climbing and walking tourism to the town, the Fort William Mountain Film Festival is held there each year.

It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west.

At the town of Mera, shortly before reaching Puyo, the river exits the mountains and flows into a wide valley, becoming wider and shallower.

Quedlinburg () is a town located north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

As Ndebele moved into Transvaal, the remnants of the Venda retreated north to the Waterberg and Zoutpansberg, while Mzilikazi made his chief kraal north of the Magaliesberg mountains near present day Pretoria, with an important military outpost to guard trade routes to the north at Mosega, not far from the site of the modern town of Zeerust.

The immediate area around the town of Sparta, the plateau east of the Taygetos mountains, was generally referred as Laconice ( Λακωνική ).

The type locality is the town of Jáchymov, on the Czech side of the mountains, where F. E. Brückmann described the mineral in 1727.

It exited the mountains near the present Smith Fork road about south of the town of Smoot, Wyoming.

The Bastille is one of Grenoble's most visited tourist attractions and is a good vantage point for viewing the town below and the surrounding mountains.

In fact, the horizon cannot be seen clearly from any point in town as volcanoes and mountains are everywhere.

After the party had completely an eighty-mile trek to Ust-Kut, a town on the Lena where they could spend the winter, Bering travelled on to the town of Irkutsk both to get a sense of the conditions and to seek advice on how best to get their large party across the mountains separating Yakutsk ( their next stop ) to Okhotsk on the coast.

Therefore, these mountains are a popular winter sports area, with resorts such as Zakopane, called also " winter capital of Poland ", Poprad and the town Vysoké Tatry ( The Town of High Tatras ) in Slovakia created in 1999, including former separate resorts: Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec, and Tatranská Lomnica.

* Information about the town of St. Katherine and the Sinai mountains

The general elevation along the crest of these mountains averages about 1, 800 meters above sea level south of the port town of Berbera, and eastward from that area it continues at 1, 800 to 2, 100 meters almost to Caseyr.

The site chosen was the town of Irbit, located on the fringe of vast Siberia in the Ural mountains.

It is reached by Route 198, which extends inland from the northern shore of the peninsula, soon climbing into the mountains and entering vast forests, crossing several small rivers before reaching the town.

At the confluence of the Maeander and the Orsinus, Corsymus or Corsynus is Antioch on the Maeander and on the Orsinus in the mountains a border town with Phrygia, Gordiutichos (" Gordius ' Fort ") near Geyre.

The town is surrounded by mountains.