mountain
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Christina Bluhme, a dog trainer from Esher in Surrey, was halfway up the UK's highest mountain when her black Labrador Tokyo collapsed on the trail.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The newly discovered spider was found at elevations above 2,000 meters, and its species name, himalayana, honors the mountain range where it was discovered.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
The mountain thunderstorms are expected to continue Monday and Tuesday but should be accompanied by wetting rains that dampen fire risk, with about a tenth of an inch of precipitation, Molina said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Living in a mountain village in northern Greece, retired furrier Dimitris Despas is no stranger to brown bear encounters -- the latest one in his garden just weeks ago.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
“There are some white mountain avens,” he said, pointing at flowers with eight creamy white petals surrounding a center of bright yellow filaments.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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She loved Thalori, a compound of traditional guesthouses set in a village in the Cretan mountains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
But the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes on June 24 decimated the city, with mountains of rubble replacing the high-rise buildings that once lined the coast.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
But this fire was different, he said, adding that "within two hours that whole set of mountains was alight, they just had no chance of stopping it".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Now, researchers from the Forest Research Institute and the Regional Museum of Natural History have identified a new species in the mountains of Uttarakhand, India.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
How could there still be so many miles of mountains, rivers, lakes, and forests to march up, down, around, and through?
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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