The river is a khaki-colored wash of silt and snowmelt that flows out of the mountain range to the north, past mud-walled family compounds.
Some of the team survived not only the impact but also a further 72 days stranded in the mountain range, nursing injuries such as broken bones.
The bastion of its long-guarded independence is the mountain range known as Picos de Europa (the Peaks of Europe), a vast natural barrier sheltering the region from the south.
Waterfalls and fjords carve dramatic shapes along the shore, the Chugach mountain range studding the horizon with snow-covered peaks.
This is the oldest mountain range in the world and for a 100 years, mining these mountains has brought jobs for the people here.
Islamist rebels withdrew to the remote mountain range near the border with Algeria after French troops backed by helicopters and jets advanced to capture the main towns in northern Mali.
Islamist rebels withdrew to the remote mountain range near the border with Algeria after French troops backed by helicopters and jets advanced to capture the main towns in northern Mali in January.
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This centre - dedicated to Lord Shiva - is especially popular with the tribal population in this lush district close to the Aravali mountain range and the picturesque Malwa Plateau - it has been described as "the Haridwar for tribals".
Dagestan adjoins Chechnya, lies at the eastern extremity of the Caucasus mountain range, and the Dagestani capital, Makhachkala, sits on the Caspian coast.
Set deep in the Purcell Mountain range and reaching jagged and sharp into the sky, 2, 651m-high Mount Nimbus is the kind of wild and extraordinary place that few casual mountaineers can usually reach.
The Safy Mountain range is of strategic importance because it overlooks the Bagram air base, which was built by Soviet forces during the Soviet Union's war with Afghanistan in the 1980s.
After taking in the panoramic views of the Cascade Mountain range and downtown Portland, head back down via the Marquam Trail, following the 4T signs to the Portland Aerial tram, where futuristic pods offer a birds-eye view of the city while transporting you 3, 300ft in three minutes, depositing you at Southwest Waterfront Street directly across from the Portland Streetcar, which will take you back downtown.
Protesters at the Epynt mountain range in mid Wales, are continuing a demonstration against the mass burial of culled livestock.
Surrounded by the Carpathian mountain range, I am here with a girl that caught my eye early on during my journey.
Then, beyond a lake populated by flocks of black swans, there is the first sight of the Tongariro mountain range.
Bullard pointed to a primary geographical challenge: the Hindu Kush mountain range that bisects the country, roughly separating north from south.
The Virunga National Park, a World Heritage site has eight volcanoes that spread across the Virunga mountain range, but only two are currently active.
The snow comes across the Great Salt Lake Desert, hits the Wasatch mountain range and gets pushed up and turned into light, but consistent powdery snow.
The coldest temperature was -13C (8.6F) at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands on 8 January, while the strongest gust of wind was 165mph (265.5kph), recorded at the highest point of the Cairngorms mountain range on 8 December.
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Benito Ramos, of the Office of Civil Defense, was inspecting the situation in the town, and warned that more water - flowing down from the nearby Cordillera mountain range - could exacerbate the problem.
Krakow lies at the foot of the Tatras, a continuation of the great Carpathian mountain range that for centuries marked the border of the Habsburg empire.
The land is heavily covered with mature Douglas firs and maple trees, and rolls across the base of a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula, with a total onsite elevation change of nearly 600 feet, again huge by golf course standards.
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It took four searches over the course of nearly two years to locate the bulk of Flight 447's wreckage and the majority of the bodies in a mountain range deep under the ocean.
After the lecture, we meandered over to the Main House, built in 1815, where one can well imagine Cole and Church, mentor and student, admiring the view of their beloved mountain range from the porch over a glass of claret procured with Church's apprentice fees.
On the border of Spain, with the great spiky Pyrenees mountain range as backdrop, the Midi-Pyrenees is an area characterized by magnificent architecture, medieval villages, river valleys, rolling farmlands, and food that is fabulous as only the French can deliver.
Dine on refined, rustic cuisine such as sustainable seafood and organic root vegetables while soaking in the striking views of the entire Cascade mountain range.
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Eventually the clouds lift, and the Hoang Lien mountain range emerges.
In 1998, an American fighter jet clipped a ski lift cable sending a gondola of 20 passengers to their death in the Italian Dolomite mountain range.
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American officials admit that Afghan forces don't have the ability to patrol the entire border, which cuts through the Hindu Kush mountain range, whose peaks exceed 20, 000 feet.
The clock the size of a building, which will still take a number of years to complete, is being constructed deep in the Sierra Diablo Mountain Range, Texas.
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