Sentence examples for alpine rock from inspiring English sources

Alpine rock cress (A. alpina) also produces white flowers and is common in rock gardens.

Switzerland is dotted with disused military bunkers, blasted into the Alpine rock during the second world war and cold war.

The likelihood of Hannibal cracking open the chunks of Alpine rock blocking his way is dismissed in a heartbeat ("probably not").

Alpine rock formations and a Mediterranean climate have combined to produce impressive gorges as well as being home to wild boar, rock ptarmigans, nutcracker birds and the recently reintroduced bearded vulture, Europe's largest bird of prey.

The tunnel crossed Alpine rock formations comprising a variety of rock typologies and several fault zones.

Among the garden features was a series of tiered lakes connected by tunnels, to the south-east of the house, and an Alpine rock garden topped by a 100-foot replica of the Matterhorn, to the north-west.

Today there is growing evidence indicative of non-aquatic environments colonized by microbes early in Earth's history, which is consistent with the extent of modern microbial life on analog "barren" lands (deserts, polar plains, alpine rocks, etc).

We compared the bedrock map with data about the pattern of the erosional resistance of Alpine rocks to identify the controls of the lithologic architecture on the location of overdeepenings.

Many plants will thrive in tight crevices — woody herbs, diminutive alpines, rock-hugging succulents — but you need ground-huggers that can take a certain amount of foot traffic.

Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery, in Medford, Ore., which specializes in alpine and rock garden plants, sells everything from bog rosemary to a hardy daisy from South Africa (541-772-6846; catalog, $3).

We drove on to Utica Lake in the Spicer Meadow Reservoir area, which also held Union, Alpine, Duck, Rock, Mud, Sword and Lost lakes.