The island is dominated by two mountain ranges, the Troodos Mountains and the Kyrenia Mountains, and the central plain, the Mesaoria, which is between them.

The Troodos Mountains cover most of the southern and western portions of the island and account for roughly half its area.

It is not as high as the Troodos Mountains, and it occupies substantially less area.

A vineyard in the Troodos Mountains.

* Agros, an example of an agrotourism sustained village, on Troodos Mountains in Cyprus.

Limassol is the base for many of the island's wine companies, serving the wine-growing regions on the southern slopes of the Troodos Mountains ( of which the most famous is Commandaria ).

* Troodos Ophiolite in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus, in these case its study has partly been economically motivated as the copper deposits of Cyprus are part of the ophiolite.

In Cyprus the battalion was successful in Operation Golden Rain, destroying a major EOKA terrorist group operating in the Troodos Mountains in 1956.

The Troodos Mountains in Cyprus are known for their snowy vistas and has a large number of accommodations from camping sites to 5 star hotels.

File: Troodos mountains snowing season Winter near Kakopetria village Republic of Cyprus. jpg | Winter in Troodos Mountains near Kakopetria

File: Troodos Mountains ( Cyprus ). jpg | Troodos Mountains

File: Cedars Tripylos. JPG | Forests in Troodos Mountains

File: Pinus brutia forest Cyprus. jpg | Pinus brutia, foothills of Troodos Mountains

* Panoramic virtual tour of the Troodos Mountains

Though only half the height of the Troodos Mountains, the Kyrenia Mountains are rugged and rise abruptly from the Mesaoria plain.

** Cyprus Cedar, Cedrus brevifolia, mostly classified as being distinct to the Cedar of Lebanon, found in the island's Cedar Valley in the Troodos Mountains

It is located in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus.

The Troodos mountain is known worldwide for its astounding geology and the presence of undisturbed specimens of ophiolite.

* Troodos Square-Troodos mountains ; used as a point of reference for meteorological, ( time ) distance and altitude purposes.

Willibrandi de Oldenburg, for example, visited Stavrovouni in 1211 and wrote, " The cross of the Good Thief is on the highest mountain in Cyprus "-which was wrong, as Stavrovouni is not as high as the Troodos peak.

The river originates in the Troodos Mountains close to Machairas Monastery and flows northeast across the Mesaoria plains, through the capital city Nicosia.

The Coast Mountains and the Inside Passage's many inlets provide some of British Columbia's renowned and spectacular scenery, which forms the backdrop and context for a growing outdoor adventure and ecotourism industry.

The early Cenozoic uplift of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado provide an example.

The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna.

These trees provide preferred spring habitat for Black Bear in the San Bernardino Mountains.

The Manzano Mountains rising to 10, 098 feet on the western edge of the county provide it with its only significant topographic relief.

The early St. David settlers played an important role in establishing the subsequent surrounding settlements, such as Fort Huachuca and Tombstone, as they did much of the logging in the Huachuca Mountains to provide lumber for the construction of those locations.

The name Pea Ridge comes from a combination of the physical location of the original settlement of the town, across the crest of an Ozark Mountains ridge, and for the hog peanuts or turkey peas that had been originally cultivated by Native American tribes centuries before European settlement, which later helped to provide basic subsistence once those pioneer settlers arrived.

They relied upon Frank E. Brown's Bear Valley Land and Water Company to provide them water, which was collected and pumped from Bear Valley in the San Bernardino Mountains to the north.

The park also is home to two overlooks that provide scenic views of the Appalachian Mountains.

U. S. Highway 321 was built through Lenoir City in the 1980s primarily to provide greater access to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, some down the road in Blount County.

The plan was to divert the waters of the Snowy Mountains Region to provide increased electricity generating capacity and to provide irrigation water for the dry west.

) Although Scott died during the expedition ( 1912 ), his corpse was found ; and located near the bodies of him and his companions were fossils from the Queen Maud Mountains that did indeed provide this evidence.

Generally speaking, year round, regions such as the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains, especially in the mountains, valleys, and rivers and artificial lakes formed behind the great dams of Amir Kabir, Latiyan and Lar along with natural lakes of Jaban and Tarr provide considerable recreation for the province.

The cool, verdant heights of the Appalachian Mountains provide relief from the summer heat of the Piedmont and also winter recreation such as snow skiing.

Lee was an official scribe for the Council of 50, a group of men who, in the days of Joseph Smith, Jr. and Brigham Young, worked together to provide guidance in practical matters to the church, specifically concerning the move westward out of the United States of America to the Rocky Mountains.

The headwaters of the Tongue located in the Big Horn National Forest, in the Big Horn Mountains provide resources for deer, elk, bear and mountain lion hunting.

There are important coal deposits at Jingxing and Huailu, now named Luquan, a few miles to the west in the foothills of the Taihang Mountains, which provide fuel for a thermal-generating plant supplying power to local industries.

Some of the lesser pioneer hostelries were designed primarily to provide meal service for passengers in the Rocky Mountains where railway grades were too severe to justify the operation of dining cars ( see the Big Hill ), although Glacier House and the Sicamous Hotel were destination hotels in their own right.

The high and dry peaks of the Davis Mountains make for some of the darkest and clearest night skies in the region and provide excellent conditions for astronomical research.

Rising in the various mountain ranges ( the various Northern Coast Ranges to the west, the southern Siskiyou Mountains to the north, and the northern Sierra Nevada to the east ) that define the shape of the valley, they provide water for agricultural, industrial, residential, and recreation uses.

Smaller railways such as Ontario Northland Railway and Algoma Central Railway also run passenger trains to remote rural areas. The Rocky Mountaineer and Royal Canadian Pacific provide Railtours through the Rocky Mountains.

Both provide interpretive visitor centers, trailheads, and many trails for experiencing the Santa Rosa Mountains at all their elevations.

The Cambrian Mountains host the Elan Valley Reservoirs and Llyn Brianne reservoir, which provide water for the English West Midlands and for South Wales respectively.