Typically this happens in the interior of large continents, in a protected river valley or on mountain slopes shrouded in mist.
This gorge wriggles through the Picos for 11km, with limestone cliffs and mountain slopes rising up to 1, 500m overhead.
Minc said he wants to stop construction of homes in high-risk areas, such as river banks or steep mountain slopes -- a practice that he said was encouraged by previous governments.
Tourism is creating other problems for the local environment, too, including increased population density, over-dependence on wood as a fuel and construction source and the overgrazing and cutting of mountain slopes to feed livestock.
Animals and plants were also moving up mountain slopes.
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While earthquakes have often been blamed for rock failures and landslides on mountain slopes, scientists also point at global temperature rises for rapid thawing of snowfields and glacial melt that can disturb the flow of snow-fed rivers.
From the entrance to the cable car at the foot of the mountain to the slopes at the top, security guards and volunteers checked credentials every step of the way.
Others were investigating the ski slopes at Whiteface Mountain, 20 minutes away.
Veering from a narrow dirt road, Jerry Falwell Jr. shoots his GMC pickup along the rocky slopes of Candlers Mountain in Lynchburg, Va.
But the search goes on and the rover has enough power to last two years with ancient streams and the slopes of a mountain to explore.
Let your locks down on the slopes of Okemo Mountain, ranked in the top three by Ski Magazine for snow quality in the east.
They are widely regarded as a world-class natural attraction containing marvellous stream passages formed by three rivers that sink underground on the slopes of Cuilcagh Mountain.
Spanning more than 11, 000 hectares on the southern slopes of Ailao Mountain, the Hani Rice Terraces (haniterrace.com) in Yuanyang County are the work of the Hani minority.
Elephants, giraffes and even lions wander around the eastern slopes of the mountain, and it is essential to be accompanied by an armed guide, although encounters with these animals are rare.
From a distance the pale scree slopes on the mountain-side look like barren fields of snow, but get up close and you'll be amazed by the diversity of wildlife that thrives on this reserve.
Veering from a narrow dirt road, Jerry Falwell Jr. shoots his GMC pickup along the rocky slopes of Candlers Mountain in Lynchburg, Virginia, hitting an armchair-size rock that nearly flips the truck.
Plus there is a ski run that runs right down to Main Street, serviced by the Town Lift, which carries you back up to the slopes of Park City Mountain Resort.
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They would assemble at Williams Stadium on the slopes of Candler's Mountain in Lynchburg, Virginia.
When she wasn't on the slopes she was roaring along mountain roads on her powerful motor-bike.
There, mudslides and raging rivers swept away shantytowns perched on steep slopes of the lush Avila mountain and left tall buildings marooned in a sea of rock-hard debris.
But moving about a football field a day, with lengthy stops, it could take nearly a year to reach the slopes at the base of the mountain.
All too often Everest hits the news for the wrong reasons - climbers left to die high on the mountain, or piles of rubbish littering the slopes - but for Luanne such rescues show the spirit of Base Camp.
As I arrived, seagulls were funnelling over the beach, stark white against the dark-forested slopes of Squilax (Black Bear) Mountain.
The instrument has established that winds generally blow east-west on the floor of the crater - something of a surprise to researchers who thought the rover's position close to the northern slopes of Gale's big central mountain might drive winds in a prevailing north-west direction as air moved up and down the peak in a day-night cycle.
On the slopes, this allows you to ski down a gigantic mountain at high speed.
The ski mountain is very easy to navigate, and has lots of groomed slopes with perfect beginner and intermediate terrain for learning.
Recon's HQ Online community extends your Alpine experience after a day on the slopes, with sharing, bragging, and exploring everything the mountain had to offer long after your day is over.
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Meanwhile, wardens and estate workers from Snowdonia National Park say they will help bury around 40 Carneddau mountain ponies, which have died in the snow while grazing on the slopes on the Aber and Llanfairfechan mountains.
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In case you can't make use of Flyover, you should be able to take advantage of 3D view, which comes complete with Google Earth-like topographical capabilities -- pan over a mountain, for instance, and you can see the various canyons, slopes and other details.
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