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(Encyclopedia) CairngormsCairngormskârngôrmzˈ, kârnˈgôrmz [key], group of mountains forming part of the Grampian Mts, in Highland, Moray, and Aberdeenshire, central Scotland, between the Dee and the…Iberian Mountains
(Encyclopedia) Iberian MountainsIberian Mountainsībĭrˈēən [key], mountain system, extending c.250 mi (400 km) along the northeastern edge of the Meseta (central plateau), NE Spain. Moncayo (7,590 ft/…Uinta Mountains
(Encyclopedia) Uinta MountainsUinta Mountainsy&oomacr;ĭnˈtə [key], range of the Rocky Mts. extending c.120 mi (190 km) E from NE Utah to SW Wyoming. It rises to Kings Peak (13,528 ft/4,123 m),…Olympic Mountains
(Encyclopedia) Olympic Mountains, highest part of the Coast Ranges, on the Olympic Peninsula, NW Wash. Mt. Olympus (7,965 ft/2,427 m) is the highest point in the mountains, which are composed mainly…Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Mountain Grave
A Mountain GraveWhy fear to die And let thy body lie Under the flowers of June, Thy body food For the ground-worms' brood And thy grave smiled on by the visiting moon. Amid great Nature's…Walt Whitman: Bivouac on a Mountain Side
Bivouac on a Mountain SideI see before me now a traveling army halting, Below a fertile valley spread, with barns and the orchards of summer, Behind, the terraced sides of a mountain, abrupt…The Top Ten: The World's Highest Mountains
Rank Mountain Range Country Feet 1. Everest Himalayas Nepal/Tibet 29,035 2. K2 (Mount Godwin Austen) Karakoram Pakistan/China 28,250 3. …Eunice Tietjens: The Most-Sacred Mountain
The Most-Sacred MountainEunice TietjensSpace, and the twelve clean winds of heaven, And this sharp exultation, like a cry, after the slow six thousand steps of climbing! This is Tai Shan,…Mountain Biking: 1997 World Championships
at Cateau d'Oex, Switzerland (Sept. 12–21).Men Cross Country (51.2 km)Time1Hubert Pallhuber, ITA2:42:262Henrik Djernis, DENat 1:043Luca Bramati, ITAat 1:36 Downhill (4.15 km)Time1Nicholas…Mountain View, CA Census Data
People QuickFactsMountain ViewCaliforniaPopulation, 2003 estimate 69,36635,484,453Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 -1.9%4.8%Population, 2000 70,70833,871,648Population…Trending
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