The massif is the largest Swiss autochthonic crystalline entity. From Wordnik.com. [Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, Switzerland] Reference
The wreckage of a plane had been found in the fabled Mountains of the Moon, also known as the Rwenzori massif, which is between the two towns and shared by the DRC and Uganda. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Rivers radiate from this central massif in all directions. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
Tower karst in sandstone: Bungle Bungle massif, Northwestern Australia. From Wordnik.com. [Purnululu National Park, Australia] Reference
It is on the southern slopes of the central massif in the Ratnapura district. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
To the east the Gunung Honje massif forms the mainland component of the park. From Wordnik.com. [Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia] Reference
It is a mountain massif with a pyramid-shape and a surface area of 12,230 km2. From Wordnik.com. [Santa Marta montane forests] Reference
Lower and closer, beyond a grassy plain broken up by pine woods, another massif rose. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
The Olympian massif with its snowy crests called to her like the trees to a captive bird. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
Mist frequently envelopes much of the massif but the former dense cloud cover is now rare. From Wordnik.com. [Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania] Reference
The sandstone massif harbors a highly endemic biota, including vascular plants and mammals. From Wordnik.com. [Arnhem Land tropical savanna] Reference
The eastern boundary follows contours along the eastern foothills of the Gunung Honje massif. From Wordnik.com. [Ujung Kulon National Park and Krakatau Nature Reserve, Indonesia] Reference
The massif is chiefly highly dissected sandstone, rising from the plain in a 100-200 m escarpment. From Wordnik.com. [Manovo-Gounda-St Floris National Park, Central African Republic] Reference
The ecoregion overlies two main geological divisions: the coastal sediments and the ancient massif. From Wordnik.com. [Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands] Reference
These winds typically contain less moisture, which mainly falls on the northern side of the highland massif. From Wordnik.com. [Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands] Reference
But the ancient massif did not escape unscathed from the great forces that created the high-peaked mountains. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
This came from the Helvii, who lived on the great river's western bank and in part of the Cebenna massif behind. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
To the south, a massif with densely forested slopes was rising out of a purple mist caused by the surging eddies. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Newer rock had formed on the ancient massif, but outcrops of the original mountains still pierced the sedimentary crust. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
A foot of the ancient massif of the north had stretched too far south and was split by the dividing waters of the river. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
There are several other paices in the La Selle massif and in the La Hotte massif and on the Tiburón peninsula, in Haiti. From Wordnik.com. [Hispaniolan pine forests] Reference
The rugged sandstone massif of Arnhem Land extends over a relatively flat landscape along the northern coast of Australia. From Wordnik.com. [Arnhem Land tropical savanna] Reference
They are characterized by mountain-glacier formations, of which the southernmost glaciers occur within the Telpossky massif. From Wordnik.com. [Virgin Komi Forests, Russian Federation] Reference
The rugged sandstone massif of western Arnhem Land is the major topographic feature in an otherwise largely subdued landscape. From Wordnik.com. [Arnhem Land tropical savanna] Reference
The north wind howled across the icy expanse; there was nothing on the whole vast sheet covering the massif to stand in its way. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Prusa's position on the flanks of an imposing snow-covered massif appealed to Caesar strongly, but the King was not in residence. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
The sandstone massif of western Arnhem Land harbors a highly endemic biota, with endemism seen across many animal and plant groups. From Wordnik.com. [Arnhem Land tropical savanna] Reference
Even the gentler slopes of the massif did not usually encourage their kind to climb so high, but Whinney and Racer were sure-footed. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
In the process, a few 'scales' of the old crystalline formation were dragged by the nappes into the most northern part of the massif. From Wordnik.com. [Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, Switzerland] Reference
Topography is dominated by Big Ben massif, with the volcanically active Mawson Peak (the only active volcano in Australia territory). From Wordnik.com. [Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australia] Reference
Except for those that fell directly off the face of the massif, rivers coming down the steeper slopes of the southern side flowed faster. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
The town of Simona stands within sight of the Mediterranean Sea on the foothills of the great massif which fills half the map of Neutralia. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
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