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Clues:
1. These mountains, with the greatest concentration of high peaks, vie for the title of world’s tallest. 2. A rugged valley that dissects these mountains was the inspiration for the mythical Shangri-La. 3. The lake in the foreground is nearly 5500 meters above sea level.
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Answer:
Karakoram Mountains
of northern Pakistan (near Gilgit). Photo courtesy of Richard
Kelly, NASA. |
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Clues:
1. By this spring, prolonged drought had dropped the water level in this desert lake by nearly 100 feet, leaving it half empty. 2. The most common rock type in the area formed from a sand sea during the Jurassic period. 3. More recent sediments are filling the dammed lake at a rate that some say could fill it within 100 years. Others argue it could take 700 years.
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Answer:
Lake Powell in Utah. Photo is by Bruce Molnia of USGS and was supplied
courtesy of the American Geological Institute archives. |
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