Sentence examples for past mountains from inspiring English sources
Most dream vacations to Alaska revolve around wilderness hikes or cruises past mountains and glaciers.
In the past, mountains were holy objects, partly because the rivers that flowed from them nourished the fields.
From El Paso, barreling east on I-10 for two hours past mountains of dirt, I exit at the town of Van Horn cruising past a sign that would have once been portentous, reading DIESEL FRIED CHICKEN.
A heavy-hauler can do up to 63 trips a day, trundling past mountains of pure yellow sulphur (a byproduct of oil purification once it has been extracted from the sand) 80 feet high.
From Ushuaia over the Southern Ocean to the Antarctic peninsula, past mountains, icebergs and glaciers, through the Antarctic Circle to 24-hour daylight, or not, depending on ice and weather (the itinerary really would change with the wind; we'd have to go with the floe).
By flashlight, a guide led me past mountains of bat guano towering more than 300ft high to a sun-filled spot with pools of water that was dubbed the Garden of Eden.
In the past, mountain pine beetles had only reached central British Columbia.
Therefore, despite occurring in numerous (de glaciated mountains, sackung features cannot be considered as proof of past mountain glaciations, e.g., during analysis of extra-terrestrial settings.
So if we can use the record of past mountain glaciation to determine how past climate changes have influenced mountain snowline altitudes, then it will be easier to anticipate how rapidly the snowpack will diminish with future warming.
Deep-seated gravitational slope deformations (DSGSDs) with characteristic sackung landforms (e.g., double crests, trenches, uphill-facing scarps, and toe bulging) are considered by some researchers to be diagnostic features indicating past mountain glaciations.
The train's Sightseer Lounge has near-panoramic windows and revolving seats from which to watch as the train ascends, rising over Denver past mountain lakes, pine forest and slopes mottled with snow.
