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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The Aspen Pitkin Co. airport is surrounded by high mountains on three sides, so it is in something of a box canyon.

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As one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, supporting jungle, high mountains and coastal desert, Peru calls upon a formidable stash of raw materials to concoct its cuisine.

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The MCofS's safety adviser said patches of snow that survive into late spring and early summer tended to be hard and high up on sheltered, northern slopes of mountains.

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Once you get there, stunning monasteries carved into high mountains await, as well as some of the tallest and most imposing mountains on earth, the Himalayas.

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From there, Statman said her life was radically altered: On a filming trip, she went with Nelson to the house of a detective who had worked on the Tate case and who had mountains of police reports, photos, "everything imaginable" piled high on a dining room table.

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Like Halong Bay on high, karst peaks protrude from the top of rolling mountains and secluded villages are home to a colourful mosaic of ethnic minorities.

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High-priced properties on the coasts and in the mountains.

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Frandsen bought ten isolated acres on the edge of a 60-foot cliff, high in the mountains of northern Idaho.

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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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