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North America—Central America—is tropical, and while it includes some mountains and volcanoes, has less varied terrain, and lacks the broad mountain ranges...

tundra up to the onset of the Holocene, when the boreal forests shifted north. Vegetation in the central Appalachian Mountains east towards the Atlantic...

base of the continental slope of North America about 95 kilometers (59 miles) off the coast just southwest of San Francisco, California. The seamount...

(Spanish: Chile) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It borders...

mountain belts formed by tectonic collision - this example is in the Appalachian Mountains (= result of a collision between Africa and North America during...

of granitic plutons. At the same time, the Rocky Mountains and Andes Mountains formed in North America and South America respectively. South America continued...

Western Mountains are a broad system of high mountain ranges and plateaus along the western side of the continent. The Lowlands are found in the central parts...

(1958). "Sonoraspis and Albertella in the Inyo Mountains, California". Geological Society of America Bulletin 69 (3): 347–352. doi:10...

larger groups in western regions of central Africa." "Fewer harmful loss-of-function variants were found in the mountain gorilla population than in the...

the Danube, the Caucasus Mountains, and the Urals of Russia. Unlike the mountain ranges of North America, the mountain ranges of Europe do not follow predictable...

small resistance force fled to the mountains waging a guerrilla war of resistance for another 39 years. The Meso-American Empires were undoubtedly the most...

gas prices. File:Flag of Honduras (2008 Olympics).svg Honduras (Spanish: Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America. It was formerly known...

side of the island is a layer of volcanic rock under a layer of limestone 229 meters high called Brimstone Hall. These are just two of the mountains raining...

As mentioned previously, the "Americas" (consisting of present-day Canada, US and Central America) were not full of "lawless, blood-thirsty" natives...

landmass of the United States is 6,106,013 square miles. Its geographical features include several large mountain ranges (the Rocky Mountains being the...

South America; it is considered to be the cold phase of the broader El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) weather phenomenon, as well as the opposite of El...

(1958). "Sonoraspis and Albertella in the Inyo Mountains, California". Geological Society of America Bulletin 69 (3): 347–352. doi:10...

2500 to 1600 Ma. The Penrhyn Group is a part of the Aphebian. The Byam Martin Mountains are made up of Archean-Aphebian igneous crystalline rock and...

the right shows a currently submerged mountain range and associated islands directly in front of the Pillars of Hercules just further west. These may...

Its location has been described as a "bowl surrounded by mountains".Some of the mountains (which are called koh) include: Khair Khana-e Shamali, Khwaja...