mountainous
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Fire salamanders typically inhabit damp forests, streams, and mountainous regions, where habitat destruction and fragmentation increasingly threaten their survival.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
A magnitude seven earthquake has hit a mountainous region in Tibet, killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens of others, according to Chinese state media reports.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
For the mountainous Caucasus nation of Armenia, the summit is one of the largest international events it has ever hosted, with thousands of visitors expected over the next two weeks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
To begin, we are in some mountainous slice of small-town Pacific Northwest, where the Canadian tax breaks call American producers across the 49th parallel and the landscape presses in from all sides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Pa shakes his head while cleaning the pots and pans before we eat so the dishes won’t seem as mountainous when our stomachs are filled, a trick Abuelo taught him.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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South America - Middle School
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Eastern Europe - Introductory
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East Asia - Middle School
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