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Instead, he will move out of his luxury Alpine retreat into a small wooden hut in the mountains or a simple bedsit in Innsbruck.

In the heart of Patagonia, glaciers rise in the midst of mountainscapes and alpine meadows, close enough to hike right up to and touch.

If it ever warmed up a little, that's what an alpine mountaintop wants to be also.

Indulge in its alpine Da-chuan Hirano pay tribute to the cheers of it, but have never been to this deep to the bottom of the canyon.

They vary from that of Mexican desert at the canyon bottom to the arctic-alpine type of the San Francisco peaks.

If the weather is good, head out from the nearby Hermitage Hotel for an easy, pleasant alpine walk to the bottom of the glacier.

head back to save the inverse-by-fire-help, alpine wetland bewitched by the wind.

The search giant has also mapped parts of Whistler Mountain, where some of the events, including the men's alpine skiing, are taking place.

FROSTY FRESH: Lend an air of alpine freshness with a cool palette of icy blues and greens.

The truck was grinding up the steep, dark road while I looked up to the stars in the clear alpine air.

It had sweeping grasslands and alpine mountains, like snow covered, serious Himalayan style alpine mountains.

Alaska's state flower is the alpine forget-me-not. The best time to see the alpine forget-me-not is midsummer, from late June to late July.

Courbet, Charlie Chaplin and David Bowie are among those who settled at Lake Geneva. They are intoxicated, no doubt, at the Alpine panorama.

A great deal of capital is flowing into the country, threatening the competitiveness of the alpine nation's export industry.

The Swiss franc has looked like the only paper currency that could act as a safe haven; a kind of Alpine gold.

Some butterflies, foxes, and alpine plants have moved farther north or to higher, cooler areas.

Vegetation coverage directly involved in and influences the active layer of permafrost alpine hydrological cycle and its evolution trend.

TRD recently struck a deal with Alpine to produce a stripped down kit for TRD to market as their own kit.

Participants were disembarking from the rustic train that chugs into the Alpine ski resort just as all hell was breaking loose back home.

Even if Jiuzhaigou is better than all the alpine valleys, it is pretty hard to justify the cost of getting there.

Recent deals with Alpine and Pioneer have allowed in-dash components to link up to Pandora via web-connected smartphone apps.

Notably, Yamamoto has used fabric made from Gore (usually used for alpine trekking) for blazers and parker coats.

The purpose of this study was to investigate nutrients characteristics in Alpine Meadow "Black soil land" .

Edelweiss and gentian are two of the best known Alpine flowers , but many others are also perfectly adapted to this hostile environment .

With its extensive alpine grasslands that store carbon in their plants and soil, the Plateau is a significant carbon pool.

In the morning chirping birds woke us up. Lake Alpine let out some thin mist. It was like a fairyland.

of the Alpine-Himalayan belt, which stretches from Italy, Greece and Turkey, across the Middle East, Iran and central Asia, to China.

The moon is priceless, both alpine conditions. To your life like this, like the moon 15, Yuanyuanmanman!

Test showed that the diesel engine can be in China, the smooth startup of any alpine region, so that consumers set foot on the road safety.

Private equity in the Alpine republic is still in its infancy, but has become big business in neighbouring Germany over the past decade.

He was destined, however, never to see his beloved Alpine retreat again.

From wildflower meadows to redwood forests to alpine bogs, the diversity of seed plants rings out as one of evolution's great achievements.

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation of legumes with azotobacteria was a hot topic of scientific research, but less focus on alpine meadow community.

Alpine villages tended to be impoverished settlements cut off from civilization by the high mountains.

theory study of alpine grassland-livestock industry being scarce and lacking good demonstration templets.

It has strong links to Bavaria's elite, and its grassroots reach into the deepest Alpine valleys.

Rounded river rocks set in mortar can form a background to pines and alpine flowers for a touch of Tahoe in your landscaping.

The prototype for modern American ice cream was the Roman concoction of cream mixed with berries and alpine snow.

climbing kilimanjaro means passing through five climatic zones , including rainforest , heath , moorland , alpine desert , and arctic.

There are mountains of alpine character, with a magnificent million Foshan, deep, odd-risk characteristics of the landscape.

Jolly Alpine music and dancing quicken the heart and set the feet tapping.

Like many other non-model plants, there is always limited genomic information and genetic study in alpine plants.

When there, do not miss the gorgeous valley of Yarlungzangbo River, the villages hidden in the valley and alpine pastures.

Alpine Canada, like the ancient officials crowns .

Subalpine scrub, alpine meadows, grasslands, stony tundra, rocks. Jilin, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang [Japan, Korea, Russia; Europe, North America].

After the Telemark style was replaced by newer techniques in the Alpine countries it has experienced a rise in popularity in recent years.

Its nature is so magical, morning still in the Mediterranean enjoy warmth of seawater, afternoon can reach holy alpine snow skiing.

Bryoflora of the alpine tundra of Changbai Mountain and its floristic relationship to the bryofloras of arctic tundras.

wildflower with heart-shaped leaves and broad yellow flower heads; of alpine areas west of the Rockies from Alaska to southern California.

The relief (aspect and angle of slope) and elevation were the key factors affecting the distribution of the alpine shrubs .

The evolution and ecology of its afro-alpine flora also provide an outstanding example of ecological processes.

Alpine Milk: Everyday Technologies of Dairy Farming in the Context of a Pre-modern Strategy of Land Use.

On earth, majority of freshwater resources for poles and alpine glaciers, most of the rest goes deep groundwater.

In fact, it was almost as large as the Ford Cortina, Opel Ascona and Chrysler Alpine.

I feel alpine skiing is both extending and natural and poised. It reflects people's improvisational ability even more.

THE alpine hamlets and valleys of Vorarlberg, Austria's westernmost province, rarely attract much attention, even at home.

Open-plan spacious suites with panoramic views of our alpine style gardens and surrounding mountains.

"Eighty-seven percent of the alpine glaciers are in retreat, " said Martinson of the Western Antarctic Peninsula.

Alpine belts are ideal sites for monitoring climate change because species in mountain habitats are especially sensitive to climate change.

Non-linear characteristics of precipitation and runoff in sub-alpine of the upper reaches of Yangtze River.

My neighbor, who volunteers for Alpine Rescue, has told me stories of tourists rescued from certain death after wandering off a trail.

It has two main sections: one area for experienced skiers, and another Alpine section for amateurs.

asbestos-filled chalets, melamine alpine lakes, elegant churches with rotting dry-wall. . . when can i visit this chinese wonder village?

What's cool: This resort is a place surrounded by evergreen virgin forests and has plenty of Alpine and cross-country trails.

Rental ski shop practice - Sampling and inspection of complete and incomplete alpine-ski-binding-boot systems in rental applications.

8 a. m. - Alpine skiing, sliding and Nordic competitions in the Olympics took place in the mountain resort village of Whistler.

Skiing racing includes following main events: alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, ski jumping, freestyle skiing, and Biathlon etc.

The pattern of plant specific composition and biomass difference at different vegetational type were analyzed in alpine meadow .

Every alp also has a resident herd of pigs -- which generally don't make it into those alpine travel posters.

An interesting fact that Tyva is situated in different climatic zones: taiga in the north and Alpine grasslands in the west.

More around the meadow, arrow bamboo, fir, alpine cuckoo .

Generally speaking, the Scandinavian countries dominate the Nordic events. And the Alpine countries dominate the Alpine events.

"A glacier is a giant part of the alpine landscape, something we always saw as immortal, " Mr. Schell said.

There are 4 sizeable campgrounds immediately around Lake Alpine, with a few more in the half-mile radius.

Cyclists rode down a ski slope in the alpine resort of Villars, Switzerland, during the New Year's Eve mountain bike snow race.

Czech company ALPINE PRO, a. s. produces and distributes sports and outdoor wear, equipment and shoes. The registered mark is ALPINE PRO.

Fifteen minutes later the helicopters ducked into an alpine valley and slipped undetected into Pakistani airspace.

Withthehelp of his groundhog friend, an alpine aficionado dreams of international fame by achievingthegreatest downhill runofall time.

Vegetable Poisons - Alpine crowfoot, Amanita Toadstool, Foxglove, Xmas Rose.

low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue flowers.

Does the harshness of alpine and desert growing conditions for trees and shrubs mean that the regeneration of wood.

PARTNER System is design for Alpine company's product management, this project mainly compose of external IF and system body.

From all we could see, Mrs, Mac Alpine's house, miserable as were the quarters it afforded, was still by far the best in the hamlet.

They were given many privileges in exchange for helping to settle and control the Alpine passes.

The study, published in Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, was written in part by Chinese scientists close to the railway project.

The Eastern Himalayan alpine meadows have more varieties of plant than anywhere in Asia, except the rainforests of Borneo.

in Bomio, Italy, as a festive atmosphere greeted the latest round of the downhill in alpine skiing's World Cup.

The results showed long-term over-grazing process is the main cause of alpine grassland degradation.

Alpine valleys are mainly distributed in the southeastern part, while its northwestern land is plateau region.

Mountains, moist weakly saline or alkaline grassy places, alpine river banks, marshy grasslands in the north.

Reports on a comprehensive investigation of alpine forests in Southwest China.

The Shizukuishi Prince Hotel is located near a ski resort where the World Alpine Skiing Championships were once held.

ALPINE SKIS. DETERMINATION OF MASS AND POLAR MOMENT OF INERTIA. LABORATORY MEASUREMENT METHOD.

Alpine ski-bindings - Retention devices - Requirements and test methods.

The city is the gateway to the alpine scenery made popular by the filming of Tolkien's books.

Earlier this month, the alpine skiing runs at Cypress Mountain were closed to the public.

As one of the world's rare quality natural alpine pasturelands.

This door has a good insulation, windbreak dust, the South and the North Alpine zone for the most commercial and home choice.

Along 14A, we rode two-lane highway through broad alpine-like meadows, catching glimpses of creeks paralleling the road on either side.

Bhutto had just addressed a pre-election rally on Thursd ay in the garrison town of R aw alpine when a suicide bomber blew himself up.

ALPINE SKI-BINDINGS. RETENTION DEVICES. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND TEST METHODS.

Of Gothic cathedrals built to last an eternity. A place of gently rolling fields and vineyards and jagged Alpine peaks.

Alpine or subalpine meadows, thickets. Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan.

Snow-covered area (SCA) is a crucial input to hydrologic and climatologic modeling of alpine and other seasonally snow-covered regions.

From the bottom to the top, there are different biospheres, such as alpine prairies, alpine forests, meadows, glaciers and permanent snow.

They follow Little Coal Creek Trail through alpine meadows overlooking a river bright with glacial silt.

Alpine skis and bindings - Binding mounting area - Requirements and test methods.

for its network of alpine lakes, spectacular waterfalls and wonderful vegetation.

Men in tight leather shorts, slapping their thighs, leap around to the sound of brass music and Alpine horns.

The top close-up shows venues near the village of Whistler, where Nordic and alpine skiing events will be held.

ALPINE SKIS. DETERMINATION OF THE ELASTIC PROPERTIES.

The results indicate that the adaptation of dispersed species to cold alpine environment gradually weakened. 6.

Not limiting their clients , MAFF offers them a range of audio systems that include names like Alpine.

The environment around Yushan ranges from sub-tropical forests at its base to alpine conditions at its peak.

ALPINE SKIS. GUIDELINES FOR CONDUCTING SLOPE PERFORMANCE TESTS.

If you are a member of Tacoma Territory you can still import the original complete kit direct from Alpine.

Alpine Electronics, a Japanese car audio and navigation company, is a typical example.

High in the Colorado Rockies, Four Seasons presents a fresh interpretation of the 5-star grand alpine hotel and ski resort.

This situation is particularlydamaging to fragile subalpine and alpine ecosystems, which recover slowly fromdisturbance.

In addition to the above type of climate, in the tall plateau and mountain areas will appear in a unique alpine climate.

ALPINE SKIS. DETERMINATION OF FATIGUE INDEXES. CYCLIC LOADING TEST.

A fundamental knowledge of the alpine environment and very advanced technical skills are required.

The most striking characteristic of the plants of the alpine zone is their low growth form.

The study showed that freezing and thawing alternation had a significant influence on soil nitrogen pool in the alpine meadow.

Inside, they also put an Alpine entertainment system with many speakers and two LCD monitors.

Lavender in the pillows of alpine girls brought hope of romance, while lavender under the bed of newlyweds ensured passion.

ALPINE TOURING SKI-BINDINGS. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND TEST METHODS.

Alpine skiing mixed projects, the above three project composition.

I think you would be better served by getting the original Alpine supercharger kit that is available in sever versions and boost levels.

Alpine ski-windings. Lateral release under impact loading. Test method.

ALPINE SKI-BINDINGS. LATERAL RELEASE UNDER IMPACT LOADING. TEST METHOD.

It calls climate change a serious threat to Alpine ski resorts and the regional economies that depend on them.

ALPINE SKIS. DETERMINATION OF DEFORMATION LOAD AND BREAKING LOAD.

ALPINE SKIS. BINDING MOUNTING AREA. REQUIREMENTS FOR TEST SCREWS.

Grassy slopes, roadsides, alpine meadows, other grassy places, in sun or shade.

I am in an out-of the-way house, on the road to Alpine.

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Oprah Winfrey, perhaps the richest talk show host was seen house hunting in Alpine New Jersey.

Meanwhile, meadow-form soil in alpine zone was still influenced by silt content.

Small alpine plants may be present, but if so, they are too small or too widely scattered to detect.

A treeless alpine plateau of the Andes and tropical South America.

Plants annual or perennial, alpine, herbaceous.

ALPINE SKIS. MEASUREMENT OF BENDING VIBRATIONS.

Alpine ski-bindings. Safety requirements and test methods.

Ski runs - Alpine ski runs : makers, signposts and information.

Dan: Haha! Almost had you there! No, this place is famous for its alpine fruit and vegetables.

China forms its first alpine search and rescue team comprised of 30 volunteer outdoorsmen and mountaineers.

Florogeography of vascular plants in alpine tundra of the Changbai Mountain.

Yabuli Ski Resort is the biggest training center for alpine skiers and the mountain hosts of many professional skiing competitions.

Alpine Ski House wants its PXE server to answer all requests, even those from clients that are not prestaged.

Forests, scrub meadows, alpine meadows, stony valleys; 2300--4500 m. S Sichuan, SE Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, ? Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim].

Alpine mountains : and the pyrenees and the Jura mountains, etc. FaYi 4810 meters at the border, mont mountain in Europe.

tree having wood similar to the alpine ash; tallest tree in Australia and tallest hardwood in the world.

This is a species of arctic and alpine regions of the N hemisphere, extending down the Andes in South America as far as Chile.

Bode Miller races during the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup giant slalom December 20 in Alta Badia, Italy.

SKI-POLES FOR ALPINE SKIING. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND TEST METHODS.

Grassy slopes, alpine meadows; 3500-4800 m. Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, ? Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

This is one of the most prominent high-alpine cushion plants.

Sunday-morning shooting sessions and Hornussen (a kind of Alpine baseball) are two other traditional Swiss sports.

Abies forests, riverside grasslands, alpine meadows, mountain rock crevices; 3200--4100 m. W Xizang [India, Nepal, Pakistan].

In Norway, the most popular sports are football and golf, even though the national sport isSkiing, both Nordic and Alpine.

Forest margins, open places in thickets, alpine meadows, rocks on mountain slopes; 3600--4800 m. Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

There are alpine lakes, there is Tibet's first palace, the first Temple, the first book by book and a ZAP, Tibet's soul is also born here.

Beside streams, hillsides, scrub, forests, alpine meadows; 2500-4800 m. Gansu, Qinghai, W Sichuan, E Xizang [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

Alpine ski-boots. Safety requirements and test methods.

American alpine skier Bode Miller, 32, is a four-time world champion and two-time overall World Cup champion.

Initial tests indicate the presence of fatty, baconlike meat of a kind of wild goat called an alpine ibex.

It is distilled using water from the Jungfrau area, Switzerland's most famous Alpine region.

The program hopes to bridge the gap between alpine national parks and the far south coast.

Grassy slopes, thickets in valleys, alpine meadows; 3500-5000 m. Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, Sikkim].

The popular sports are alpine skiing and football (soccer).

Forest margins, alpine meadows, rock crevices near snow line; 3600--4700 m. Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, Sikkim].

Alpine regions, among limestone rocks, moist slopes, moist stony pastures; 2900--5000 m. Gansu, Qinghai, N Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan.

Alpine glaciers to disappear within decades?

Ski runs - Alpine ski runs - Specifications.

It is the center of alpine flowers and current diversified pine and cypress plants.

Mixed forests, alpine coniferous forest margins, thickets; 2500--4000 m. Fujian, Hubei, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan.

Visit Mount Washington Alpine Resort for details.

Lovegrove Studio, the London-based office of designer Ross Lovegrove, have designed a mountain living unit called Alpine Capsule.

A long-billed crimson and gray Old World bird (Tichodroma muraria), of alpine regions, that feeds on insects on rocky cliffs.

Heihui River is taken as an example to probe into the effect of land use on soil erosion in alpine gorges in the west Yunnan Province.

Next to subtropical species, alpine plants grow in giant form.

Alpine skiers descended the slopes at the Salt Lake 2002 Paralympic Winter Games with speeds of more than 100km per hour.

The eco-economic system of alpine farming-pastoral ecotone is vulnerable.

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In Lake Placid, in 1980, she entered all three women's Alpine skiing events and performed better in each one.

Finally there's Mountain Climbing and the alpine climbing games.

Alpine meadows, grassy mountain slopes, sand flats along rivers, wet places in valleys; 2800--4500 m. E Qinghai, NW Sichuan, NE Xizang.

Alpine meadows, scrub, mixed sparse forests; 1000-4900 m. S Gansu, S Qinghai, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Nepal].

Alpine meadows, mountain slopes; 2600-4300 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sikkim].

Mixed forests, Picea forests, forest margins, alpine meadows, rock crevices; 2700-4200 m. Xizang, Yunnan [Nepal].

Alpine Electronics (China) Co. , Ltd.

Verbier, located in the Alpine region of Switzerland. About 2 hours drive from Geneva Airport.

Those same glaciers formed the pre-Alpine lakes of the Lombard region some 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Milan.

Bryophytes in alpine forest regions of Sichuan.

Forested slopes, gravel slopes, alpine tundra; 1600-2500 m. Heilongjiang, Jilin [Japan, Korea, Russia].

The Glarus Overthrust of Alpine holds swarm of ice-covered moutains lifting in the narrow valley.

Marshes, valley grasslands, alpine meadows, rock crevices; 2200--4800 m. Xinjiang [N Asia to Himalayas, Europe].

Alpine grassland, sandy grassland on riverbanks and lake shores; 3200-4500 m. Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xinjiang.

Alpine or subalpine meadows, grasslands on mountain slopes, forest margins; 1000-2400 m. Xinjiang [Russia].

Alpine forests; 2000-3700 m. SE Gansu, SW Henan, W Hubei, Ningxia, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [N India, Nepal, Pakistan].

Although the Chinese alpine rush is a drought-enduring plant, yet the 70% field water with holding capacity is most beneficial to tillering.

Europe's freight, rumbling through [on the backs of 40-ton lorries], has been clogging the alpine valleys for years.

Alpine meadows, grassy slopes, sunny areas in sparse forests; 700-3100 m. Hebei, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shanxi.

Forests, scrub, alpine meadows, marshes, stream sides, rock crevices; 3900-5100 m. SW Sichuan, E and S Xizang, SW Yunnan [Nepal].

Forest margins, alpine meadows, mountain grasslands, shifting screes; 2800--5000 m. W Sichuan, S Xizang, NW Yunnan.

The Alpine Silk Gold range is our luxury facial skincare brand.

In the world of the arctic and alpine environments, where the ice is, [climate change] is real and it's present.

Grassland slopes, alpine meadows, scrub, roadsides in valleys; 2600-4500 m. SW Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [NE Myanmar].

During the event, cow herds are brought down from their summer Alpine pastures to their stables in the valley.

Yet in Trivero, a town in the Alpine foothills, the looms of one mill are still busy.

Alpine meadows, Abies and Rhododendron forests, margins of Abies forests; 3500--4300 m. S Xizang [Bhutan, Nepal].

Alpine meadows, alpine scrub meadows, rock crevices; 3000-5800 m. Qinghai, S Xinjiang, Xizang, NW Yunnan [Nepal].

ALPINE SKI-BINDINGS. TEST SOLES FOR SKI-BINDING TESTS.

Gravel slopes, alpine meadows, gravel zone on high mountains; 3900-5700 m. SW Qinghai, E Xizang [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].

Anyone with time and interest for putting up some alpine first ascents will be interested in visiting the area.

Alpine meadows, rocky grasslands, screes, cliff ledges, rock crevices; 3500-5300 m. W Sichuan, E Xizang, Yunnan.

Grassland slopes, wet meadows on river banks, alpine meadows, scrub, forests; 2800-4400 m. W Sichuan, E Xizang, NW Yunnan.

Alpine forest margins, subalpine meadows, mountain grasslands; 2900--3800 m. SW Sichuan, NW Yunnan.

the alpine glory of other himalayan regions.

Protesters block a highway with burning debris in the northern Italian alpine valley town of Bussoleno December 6, 2005.

Moist places, swamp meadows, scrub, alpine meadows; 1500-5300 m. S Gansu, W Hubei, Qinghai, Shanxi, Sichuan, E Xizang.

Among shrubs, alpine meadows, limestone cliffs; 3000--4300 m. Sichuan, Yunnan [NE India, Myanmar].

IBM researchers have sculpted a 1: 180 billion scale model of the Matterhorn, the 4478-metre-tall Alpine peak on the Swiss-Italian border.

The park is the southern limit for some plants, and rare alpine species that once thrived atop the High Peaks are now at risk of vanishing.

Meadow slopes, alpine meadows, scrub meadows, forests; 3000-4900 m. SE Qinghai, Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan.

Alpine meadows, shifting screes; 3600--5300 m. SE Qinghai, W Sichuan, S Xizang [Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Picea forests, alpine meadows, meadows of canopy gaps in Abies forests; 3200--4000 m. SW and W Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan.

The research team that conducted these studies has just completed similar ones using the skiing game Alpine Racer 2.

Alpine scrub meadows, alpine rock clefts; 4400-4700 m. W Sichuan, E Xizang [Bhutan, N India, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Alpine meadows and rocky places; 3400--5200 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, NW India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Unreasonable industry structure is the bottleneck which constrains the development of alpine pasture economy.

Alpine scrub meadows, alpine meadows, rock crevices; 4300-5500 m. S Xizang [Bhutan, N India, Nepal, Sikkim].

They feature winter sports held on snow or ice, such as Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, bobsledding and ice hockey.

Goggles are standard equipment for alpine journeys, but how can you keep them from breaking in your pack?

Forests, forest margins, alpine meadows and rock crevices on slopes; 3500-4200 m. SW Sichuan, E Xizang, NW Yunnan.

Subalpine and alpine meadows; 3700-4400 m. S and W Xizang [Afghanistan, N India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan].

Alpine meadows, rock crevices; 3800--4300 m. Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Mixed and coniferous alpine forests; 500-2300 m. Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning [N Korea, E Russia].

At 4000 acres, and covering a huge variation in altitude, it is the largest and highest alpine botanical garden in the world.

Alpine annuities offer safe tax haven.

Grasslands near alpine forests, grassy slopes near villages; 2800-4200 m. Sichuan, Yunnan.

But for small alpine lizards, gender isn't so cut-and-dried.

Grassy slopes, alpine meadows; 3500--4700 m. S Gansu, E and S Qinghai, S Shaanxi, W Sichuan, NE and SE Xizang, NW Yunnan.

Alpine meadows, gravelly slopes; 3800--4500 m. Sichuan [Bhutan, NW India, Nepal, Sikkim].

Alpine meadows, gravels, exposed rocks; 4000--5000 m. W Sichuan, E Xizang [? India, ? Nepal].

Beside streams, wet meadows, hillsides, alpine meadows; 3400-5200 m. Xizang [Nepal].

Forests, alpine scrub meadows, alpine meadows, rock crevices; 2700-4600 m. SW Sichuan, NW Yunnan.

Alpine meadows, rock crevices on mountain slopes; 4400--5200 m. Xizang [NW Himalayas to Kashmir].

There are three types of skiing: Alpine, Nordic and Freestyle.