mountains
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With its limestone mountains, bucolic valleys and scattered alpine villages, this Unesco World Heritage site pairs alpine charm with thrill-inducing adventure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
"This is a forest and we are in the middle of the mountains," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Despite those conditions, Edison kept power flowing through its high-voltage transmission lines built in the mountains above Altadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Rake-thin men, their shorts made many sizes too big by hunger, pick through mountains of trash for food, plastic or anything they might be able to use or sell.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
We can look at where the waterway originates in the mountains, or an area that it flows through, or where it spills into the ocean.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
