Forty miles farther north is Mount Moosilauke, Dartmouth's own mountain.

The only natural World Heritage Sites is the Tassili n ' Ajjer, a mountain range.

The western terrestrial garter snake ( Thamnophis elegans ) in California is largely aquatic and depends heavily on two species of frog that are diminishing in numbers, the Yosemite toad ( Bufo canorus ) and the mountain yellow-legged frog ( Rana muscosa ), putting the snake's future at risk.

The term is often used to refer to activities with some potential for physical danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing and or participating in extreme sports.

The principal feature of the bathymetry ( bottom topography ) is a submarine mountain range called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

The group is named after the Altai Mountains, a mountain range in Central Asia.

Access inland from the coast is limited to a few narrow valleys because mountain ridges.

Eastern Anatolia, where the Pontus and Taurus mountain ranges converge, is rugged country with higher elevations, a more severe climate, and greater precipitation than are found on the Anatolian Plateau.

A central massif composed of uplifted blocks and downfolded troughs, covered by recent deposits and giving the appearance of a plateau with rough terrain, is wedged between two folded mountain ranges that converge in the east.

Mont Blanc spans the French – Italian border, and at is the highest mountain in the Alps.

An alp refers to a high mountain pasture where cows are taken to be grazed during the summer months and where hay barns can be found, and the term " the Alps ", referring to the mountains, is a misnomer.

Much of the Alpine culture is unchanged since the medieval period when skills that guaranteed survival in the mountain valleys and in the highest villages became mainstays, leading to strong traditions of carpentry, woodcarving, baking and pastry-making, and cheesemaking.

Haymaking is an important farming activity in mountain villages which has become somewhat mechanized recent years, although the slopes are so steep that usually scythes are necessary to cut the grass.

If one looks at the fields around the Deserted Village and right up the mountain, one can see the tracks in the fields of ' lazy beds ', which is the way crops like potatoes were grown.

The plateau is masked by intermediate mountain ranges and extinct volcanoes.

landlocked in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains ; Sevana Lich ( Lake Sevan ) is the largest lake in this mountain range

The alphorn or alpenhorn or alpine horn is a labrophone, consisting of a wooden natural horn of conical bore, having a wooden cup-shaped mouthpiece, used by mountain dwellers in Switzerland and elsewhere.

On the border of Sweden is a mountain range running from northeast to southwest.

* 1942 – World War II: The flag of Nazi Germany is installed atop the Mount Elbrus, the highest peak of the Caucasus mountain range.

Alberta is landlocked, and separated by a series of mountain ranges from the nearest outlets to the Pacific Ocean, and by the Canadian Shield from ports on the Lakehead or Hudson Bay.

In contrast with other continents, it is marked by the comparatively small area of either very high or very low ground, lands under occupying an unusually small part of the surface ; while not only are the highest elevations inferior to those of Asia or South America, but the area of land over is also quite insignificant, being represented almost entirely by individual peaks and mountain ranges.

It is located in the western part of the Nova Scotia peninsula, formed by a trough between two parallel mountain ranges along the shore of the Bay of Fundy.

A common theme is a mountain which blocked the Sun, but on the right day would allow the tiniest fraction to re-emerge on the other side for a ' double sunset '.

In cases where the density of the air is significantly different from the calibration value ( as on a high mountain, or with an exceptionally low barometer ) an allowance must be made.

Situated in a region of some of the loveliest mountain scenery in the country, the school buildings are located amid open fields and farm lands.

Barcelona is located on the northeast coast of the Iberian Peninsula, facing the Mediterranean Sea, on a plain approximately wide limited by the mountain range of Collserola, the Llobregat river to the southwest and the Besòs river to the north.

* The Cobbler, a mountain located near the head of Loch Long in Scotland, also known as " Ben Arthur "

The city is located at, in a mountain valley called Valle de la Ermita in the south central part of the country Guatemala.

Examples include staged multi-caches ; underwater caches, caches located 50 feet ( 15 m ) up a tree, caches found only after long offroad drives, caches on high mountain peaks, caches located in challenging environments ( such as Antarctica or north of the Arctic Circle ), and magnetic caches attached to metal structures and / or objects.

The terms Hofenstaufen and Staufen also identified the family's castle in Swabia, located on an eponymous mountain near Göppingen.

Nationally renowned musicians as well as the best of the regional mountain musicians share six different stages located throughout the downtown area of Pikeville.

Also located in the northern region is the island's tallest mountain, Mount Pelineon, at.

One day, Moses led his flock to Mount Horeb (), usually identified with Mount Sinai — a mountain that was thought in the Middle Ages to be located on the Sinai Peninsula.

Meanwhile, Batorampon Point is the highest mountain of the southernmost end of the peninsula, reaching a height of only 1, 335 meters ( 4, 380 ft ); it is located in the boundary of Zamboanga City.

He died March 16, 1520, " ab intestat ", then a canon of the collegiate Church of Saint-Dié ( located between Nancy, Lorraine and Strasbourg, Alsace in the heart of the Vosges blue mountain range along the Rhine river valley ).

Machu Picchu ( Quechua: Old Peak ; sometimes called the " Lost City of the Incas ") is a well-preserved pre-Columbian Inca ruin located on a high mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley, about 70 km ( 44 mi ) northwest of Cuzco.

Most of these rivers are born in the Cordillera Central, Puerto Rico's principal mountain range located across the center of the island.

Reichskanzlei Berchtesgaden (" Reich Chancellery Berchtesgaden "), another nickname of the regime ( named after the eponymous town located in the vicinity of Hitler's mountain residence where he spent much of his time in office ) was also banned at the same time, despite the fact that a sub-section of the Chancellery was in fact installed there to serve Hitler's needs.

Mount Gimie, the highest peak, is located in the central mountain range and rises to above sea level, a contrast that is also evident in the abrupt climatic transition from coastal to inland areas.

Bactria was located in northern Afghanistan ( present-day Afghan Turkestan ) between the mountain range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya ( Oxus ) River and some areas of current south Tajikistan.

The name " Uralic " refers to the suggested Urheimat ( original homeland ) of the Uralic family, which is often located in the vicinity of the Ural Mountains, as the modern languages are spoken on both sides of this mountain range.

The ridge ( plateau mountain ) Kinnekulle is a popular tourist attraction located near the south-eastern shore of Lake Vänern.

A few isolated mountain ranges are located within these lowlands, among them the Hohe Mark, the Beckum Hills, the Baumberge and the Stemmer Berge.

Montanus identified this mountain as being located in Phrygia near Pepuza.

The lodge was located at the south end of Spirit Lake at the foot of the mountain, and was in the danger zone at the time of the eruption.

* Machu Picchu ( Quechua: Machu Pikchu, " Old mountain ") a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2, 400 meters ( 7, 875 ft ) above sea level believed to be under construction.

Hitler's mountain residence, the Berghof, was located here.