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...bigger than Europe's current No. 1, Norway's Hardangervidda. Sigfússon, who's also a geologist, is convinced the dam project is environmentally unsound. Pointing to the planned relocation of a glacial waterfall and the damming of sediment-carrying glacial rivers, he warns that "a huge plateau of silt" will eventually form around the large dam that, together with dust from normal soil erosion, could be blown into storms by the heavy winds that sweep Iceland. These dust storms, in turn, could damage the vegetation that the reindeer depend on for survival. "We are concerned about early summer...
...Some 433 km of nature-defying tarmac, the Kargil road twists through some of the most barrenly beautiful landscapes in Asia, starting at Srinagar in Kashmir and ending three Himalayan passes later on the edge of the Tibetan plateau at Leh in Ladakh. Halfway along, it brushes the disputed border between India and Pakistan, where a small but savage war was fought in 1999, virtually closing the road to all but the very foolish or the very brave. Since last year's cease-fire, however, one of the great road journeys in the world is again attracting tourists...
...Dordogne takes its name from the largest of three rivers that cross the region. Get an overview of the river basin from the village of Domme, improbably perched a few hundred meters up on a large limestone plateau; the pay-per-view telescopes there will keep the kids intrigued. Lower down at La Roque Gageac-a compact village at the foot of the sheer cliff face-you'll find medieval ramparts and natural caves that will wow budding geologists...
...line dividing Africa's Muslim north from its predominantly Christian south runs straight through the Nigerian state of Plateau. The boundary is normally hard to discern. For one thing, people in the same town can belong to different religions but work next to each other, cheer the same football team and even intermarry. But in Nigeria, every few years the divide becomes obvious and stark. Made desperate by poverty and joblessness, and often goaded by manipulative politicians, extremists on both sides go at each other in vicious battles. Plateau state, where cattle herders from the north and farmers from...
With 31 of the 33 points she needed to become only the third woman in Ivy League history to reach the 2,000 point plateau, Peljto had one last chance and just under 10 seconds to finish the job in last Friday’s contest with Cornell...