That's the great thing about the Berkshires, a 950-square-mile area of western Massachusetts that encompasses the rugged terrain of the Mohawk Trail to the north, the hayfields and dairy farms near Ashley Falls to the south, and everything in between.
Our findings indicate that Neanderthals habitually commanded smaller site exploitation territories (SETs), principally situated in the rugged Mediterranean Woodlands of the Levant, whereas early Upper Paleolithic groups generally enjoyed larger SETs and displayed a more generalized, wider settlement range encompassing both rugged woodland and more regular, level steppe landscapes.
Although the drama that storms across this rugged paradise encompasses a war and a major earthquake, not to mention oodles of star-crossed love, little of it comes to life.
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) encompasses ∼1.9 million acres of rugged terrain in southern Utah that was the last major region within the contiguous United States to be mapped topographically.
The park is often referred to as 'three parks in one' since it encompasses three distinct eco-systems - rugged, glacier-capped mountains; over 60 miles of Pacific coast and beaches; and old-growth and temperate rainforest, with more than 600 miles of hiking trials.
A former military base located on the San Francisco peninsula's northern tip, the park encompasses the cosy Baker Beach and rugged Marshall's Beach, as well as the forest that the army planted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Mount Canlaon National Park (1934) encompasses 95 square miles (245 square km) of rugged, forested terrain that includes craters, hot springs, and a variety of wildlife (monkeys, deer, and boars).
The Seneca Nation encompasses three reservations totaling 50,000 acres of mostly rugged land in Erie and Cattaraugus Counties.
The Sierra Nevada ecosystem spans 650 km along the eastern edge of California, encompassing mountain peaks and rugged foothills resulting in a variety of terrestrial and aquatic assemblages.
The extensive lower basin, which encompasses over one half of the 15751 square miles watershed, is composed mainly of rugged mountains, forests and canyons.
