The valley of Taos is bounded on all sides by lofty mountains, which are but continuations of the Rocky chain.
The site of Santa Fé is low when compared with the altitude of the surrounding country, being bounded on nearly all sides by lofty mountains.
The dawn at length came; and as the mists of night rolled off, we saw before us a range of lofty mountains, of picturesque shapes, rising out of a plain, the shore of which was not more than a quarter of a mile off.
Hills rise in the distance, and behind them ranges of lofty mountains, clothed to their summits with luxuriant vegetation.
Their addition to the Andes, therefore, has greatly broadened the zone of lofty mountains.
The critical relations of trade winds, lofty mountains, and ocean currents that give distinction to Peruvian climate are shown in Figs.
A few miles beyond the Lucalla we came to the village of Ambaca, an important place in former times, but now a mere paltry village, beautifully situated on a little elevation in a plain surrounded on all hands by lofty mountains.
The opposite side of this great valley appears like a range of lofty mountains, and the descent into it about a mile, which, measured perpendicularly, may be from a thousand to twelve hundred feet.
On entering the district of Ambaca, we found the landscape enlivened by the appearance of lofty mountains in the distance, the grass comparatively short, and the whole country at this time looking gay and verdant.
The scenery of the interior, however, was somewhat monotonous, with its unbroken line of lofty mountains.
Lofty mountains clothed to their very peaks with dense and gloomy forests form the background of the picture.
The town of Kankan stands in a plain surrounded by lofty mountains.
Lofty mountains hem in this glacier on either side, only revealing a portion of the vast névé which may be seen extending southward for six or seven miles.
Here, on all sides except towards the north, the place is hemmed in by lofty mountains.
We arrived late at Poligny, a small town, surrounded by lofty mountains.
From its source for nearly this whole distance the Columbia is flanked by lofty mountains, those on the south-west side of the valley being known as the Selkirk Range.
Close to us rise four massive, lofty mountains, and as we turn to their summits the eye is raised from forty to fifty degrees.
The valley is narrow and is skirted by lofty mountains, wooded up their sides and of considerable elevation; but owing to the height of the trees we cannot see their summit.
The natives of this district have their villages on lofty mountains, as I have already said.
The valley of Nasca descends from the Andes by an easy and gradual slope, widening as it descends, and is hemmed in by lofty mountains on either side.
Almost as far as the eye could reach was one immense wooded plain, bounded by lofty mountains in the far distance, whose tops pierced the clouds.
At times we would emerge from the wood, and find ourselves passing through cultivated patches of ravines, enclosed on all sides by lofty mountains, covered with foliage.
Beyond were dark and frowning rocks, above which rose ridges of lofty mountains, one overtopping the other, till the more distant, covered with a mantle of everlasting snow, seemed lost in the clouds.
As the change of the great wave's figure could not have been quickly communicated, we may conclude with certainty that the Samoan Islands are the summits of lofty mountains, whose sloping sides extend far toward the east.
About sixty miles from Santo Domingo the capital, the horizon is shut in by lofty mountains, upon whose summit lies an inaccessible lake, to which no road leads.
Lofty mountains[13] which end in a ridge extending from east to west are seen in the distance towards the south from all along the coast.
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