Galgodon Highlands, also called Ogo Highlands, region of broken mountain terrain, northern Somalia, eastern Africa.
Open expanses of lowland alternate with broken mountain country, cut by deep river gorges and harbouring upland basins such as that in which Sofia lies.
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We were resting with our bikes atop granite cliffs, looking out over the Saco River, taking a break from mountain biking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
"I occasionally go out, looking for something specific, looking at my map and thinking that a particular hill should provide me with a good view of Storm King or Break Neck Mountain, for instance.
The class clown, the mascot or the child in the family that makes us laugh are highly prized by the group because we look to them to break and mountain tension with a joke so that we can laugh, relieve some stress and begin to get our bodies back to normal.
"The ironic thing is I had just learned about back breaks and mountain rescue a month before," he said.
Then the group cuts fresh tracks into valleys of untouched powder, taking breaks in mountain huts or tiny secluded villages.
Many of them moved to the West Bank for benefits unattainable inside the pre-1967 bofders of Israel: space, tax breaks, and mountain air.
Periodically, air breaks through mountain barriers to the north and south, bringing dramatically contrasting weather patterns; one example is the cold northerly wind known as the vardarac.
And serve she does, quite poorly, tightening up some, perhaps, and being immediately broken back mountain by the Wuhan Typhoon, Li Na.
