Other former coffee-plantation land, high in the mountains where the soil is rich in volcanic minerals, remains overgrown with weeds and contains barren trees.
"I worked as an English teacher in a town in the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco for two years, and quickly grew to love this part of the world, " he said.
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The cluster was discovered by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope high in the mountains of Chile.
High in the mountains they were listening to a chorus of cowbells and looking for wild marmots.
To counter this tactic, the army would need to land large numbers of troops high in the mountains.
Frandsen bought ten isolated acres on the edge of a 60-foot cliff, high in the mountains of northern Idaho.
Beck snapped pictures of the crude stone shelters that Alpine Club members had begun building high in the mountains the precursors to the helicopter-serviced "huts" you find these days.
The project, located some 3, 700 m (12, 140 feet) above sea level, involves moving the water from four lakes high in the mountains into reservoirs the company would build.
They all hail from Bekoji, a town of fewer than 20, 000 people set high in the mountains of the Arsi province, but with a freakish record for track and field success.
First, they underestimated the strength of General Dostam's one-time ally, Ahmad Shah Masoud, who continues to hold out in the mountains and high passes of the Panjshir Valley, in the east of the country.
High up in the Andes Mountains, at an elevation of around 3, 600m in the well-known Cusco region, communities get together for celebrations involving music, dancing, drinking, eating and brightly coloured costumes.
Many superlative vintages come from Colchagua Valley, where the high mountains trap the warm air in and keep cold Pacific air out.
With accommodation in huts along the way, the hike runs through the moist, high-altitude forests covering the Outeniqua Mountains above Knysna, finishing in Harkerville Forest.
The Aspen Pitkin Co. airport is surrounded by high mountains on three sides, so it is in something of a box canyon.
But upon arrival in the village of Imlil, the highest of the High Atlas mountains seems to soften.
This city of seven million people living in various high rise towers at the base of sea-surrounded mountains is gleaming with shiny new buildings, expensive cars, and prestige-brand shopping malls.
There is also plenty of skiing, snowboarding and cross-country skiing to be done elsewhere in the country, where the mountains may not soar as high as the Alps, but assets include cheaper prices, smaller crowds and a less frenetic atmosphere.
Trapped on three sides by high mountains, this warm, moist air forms huge clouds that then discharge electricity in powerful cloud-to-cloud storms.
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And with a cold April, ski mountains in northern New England stayed open longer than last year, when record-high temperatures in March forced many to shut down.
The couple, high-school sweethearts, retired to Arizona in the mid-1990s and built their dream home in the mountains, where they often entertained friends, Mr. Royle said.
The list of Abels was conceived in 1994 by a group of local Tasmanian bushwalkers in a book titled The Abels: A Comprehensive Guide to Tasmania's Mountains over 1100m High: Volume One, edited by Bill Wilkinson.
We can dwell in the mountains, put down next to the beach, reside on a farm or repair to the high desert.
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