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Sentence Examples In the far north-west, the splinter-like peninsula of Lower California, with its high sierras, is a southward extension of the Sierra Nevada. The plateau is enclosed by two mountain chains, the Sierra Madre Oriental to the east and Sierra Madre Occidental to the west. Indeed, rice is what forms the special link between the Gullah and the people of Sierra Leone. It is never safe to flash wads of cash or walk around drunk in the middle of the night, whether in Sweden or Sierra Leone. Farms unfurled to the Bays of Pollenca and Alcudia as one last surge of Sierra forked into capes Pinar and Formentor. The trip in March 2005 includes five days and nights in the Sierra del Escambray mountains and treks through limestone canyons. Those in control of their haciendas, called hacendados, treated people on their lands by a system known in the Sierra as the huasipungo. Sailplane pilots dream of gliding in the Andes, Sierra Nevada and over Jondaryan. Two police officers gave chase in a squad car after the driver of a Ford Sierra failed to stop when requested at around 11.30 am. Trevelez is, perhaps, Spain's highest village, the gateway to the Upper Sierra Nevada and the winter ski-slopes, and was as high as I drove. This trip is for people in their 20s and 30s looking for a fun-filled, high-energy, High Sierra backpack adventure. Where the wider skis like the Chubbs stand out is in the windslab, breakable crust, Sierra cement type conditions. As the bus heads on into the pine-clad foothills of Sierra Madre mountains, I think back to how my quest began. Who better to instigate this investigation than a disinterested neutral party like the Sierra Club? The Sierra Nevada casts a rain shadow over the region to the east of that mountain range. The white Ford Sierra was used in three ram raids before ending up burnt-out in Beare Heath, four miles south of Dorking. Castro, at the drums, has propelled the famed High Sierra Jazz Band for almost two decades. The new troops will train 1,000 raw recruits for the Sierra Leone army at a special camp. In the east, the Sierra Maestra mountain range is beautiful and full of endemic species. High Sierra was the last time Bogart's name would not be listed first in film credits. Show More Sentences In West Africa British possessions were limited to the settlement of Sierra Leone, and trading posts on the Gambia and Gold Coast. The Sierra Club works with the Oceanic Society to survey nesting patterns of many bird species here, and also aids in spinner dolphin research. Krio is spoken as a mother tongue by some 250,000 people in and around Freetown and by many more Sierra Leoneans as a second language. Our journey takes us through about 41 miles of incredible Sierra terrain, high alpine passes, glistening lakes, and snow-dotted mountains. She runs a center that provides counseling and training for young women from around Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown. The Badwater Ultramarathon follows a 135-mile route through California, from the bottom of Death Valley to the Sierra Nevadas. Facing four switch-hitters in a row, it wouldn't have mattered much, as he worked through the tenth allowing only a Sierra single. Religious pilgrims are trampling the grounds of the El Carmen monastery in the Sierra del Nixcongo Mountains near Mexico City. The pair swopped glamour for grind as they undertook the 80 mile journey through the Sierra del Escambray mountain range this month. It will be given a tender from another departed locomotive and regain its former Sierra appearance. And there are beautiful uncluttered slopes for skiing and snowboarding nearby in the Sierra Nevadas. He said he saw the Sierra approaching at speed and saw the offside and then nearside wheels leave the road. When Geronimo surrendered, a small group of Apaches escaped to the Sierra Madre of northern Mexico. The next day, Sierra watched her sister get ready to meet her secret admirer. For almost all Sierra Leoneans, rice is the staple food, consumed at virtually every meal. In the Sierra Nevada's Owens Valley, though, he is bitterly regarded as the villain who stole farmers' water and drove them to ruin. The Sierra Club remains the largest and most effective grassroots conservation organization in the world. The Sierra Club and allied organizations have intervened in support of the Park Service. Along with The Sierra Club, it is lobbying to have the fish farms moved inland, away from sea lion temptation. These two Tennessee-born wranglers have spent the past 20 years riding the southern Sierra. Show More Sentences Krio is spoken in Sierra Leone and also around Banjul in the Gambia, as well as on the island of Ngueyma Byogo in Equatorial Guinea. For example, among the Mende of Sierra Leone, boys must be initiated into the Poro Society before they are recognized as adults. The successful naturalization of trout in the barren waters of the Sierra comes close to the ideal of humanity improving nature. The pine forests of the Sierra Juarez depend upon fire for successful regrowth. In the phonetic alphabet, my initials are Sierra Echo, what is yours? Working in Sierra Leone, she found horrific decay among the children whose teeth she examined. For the name of the winner, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Sierra. In 1984, he was made an officer of the Order of the Rokel of the Republic of Sierra Leone, the country's highest accolade. The Sierra codex was a document written by the master historian and master of deception, Crassus Syra, a runaway from home disguised as a man. Five pitches later, Sierra chopped a pitch that a charging Millar fielded halfway between first and home. Last year the World Bank lent Sierra Leone a million dollars for a credit scheme, when the exchange rate was seven leones to the dollar. From safaris to ski tours to revegetation projects, Sierra Club Outings has a trip for you. The California gold rush prompted a frenzied mass movement of people toward the Sierra Nevada. An avid shutterbug, Paul has been able to expand his interest in photography as a leader on Sierra Club trips. Then, as the highway approaches Three Rivers, the view opens to encompass the snow-covered Sierra. Wildlife smuggling in Nepal is what blood diamonds are to Sierra Leone, or the Ivory Coast. One thing that we have gained as a party is the respect of the Sierra Leonean people. Many Sierra Leonean music and dance traditions are kept alive by the dance company. A rich variety of proverbs exist in the Sierra Leonean languages, and witty exchanges of proverbs are a conversational tradition. This is the festive season where Sierra Leoneans often celebrate with families in a flamboyant and joyous manner. Show More Sentences The project is a big boost to the community and that the whole area would attract a lot of Sierra Leoneans once work officially commences. Just like many homebrewers, the folks at Sierra Nevada are true hopheads, and no one has ever accused them of being stingy with the hops. They're actual legal postage in Sierra Leone and recognized by every postal authority around the world. Native people of Amazonia and the Sierra prepare chicha, a brew made from manioc and maize, respectively. She chose Sierra Leone from four options offered her by aid charity Voluntary Service Overseas. The Sierra Nevada is particularly rich in them, with 50 varieties unique to the mountains. In 1808 Sierra Leone became a British crown colony, ruled under a colonial governor. It's like a whirlwind version of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, but with more characters banging about and fewer insights into them. He saw action in many theatres and was awarded Operational Service Medals for Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq. An unseasonably early and severe storm caught several climbers by surprise in the Sierra Nevada. Another health issue affecting the Sierra Leonean American population has been the controversy surrounding the practice of female circumcision. Indeed, the effect of the Internet on a largely oral society like Sierra Leone will be profound. Bradt Travel is bringing out the first guidebook dedicated solely to Sierra Leone. He had spent the last two days lost in the Sierra Nevada mountains enduring subfreezing temperatures, with only a crudely built lean-to shelter and no food. The deal will also fund programs in the zone containing the Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve, home to quetzal birds, manatees, and hundreds of other animal species. And since the arrival of the British troops the number of UN peace keepers in Sierra Leone has doubled to 11,000, and the rebel advance has been turned into retreat. There are now 125 confirmed or reported cases in four West African nations, including Guinea, Liberia, Mali, and Sierra Leone. People on the streets of Havana cheered and celebrated the return of fighters from the Sierra Maestra. In 65 chapters and hundreds of local Groups spanning 21 ecoregions and two Nations, Sierra Club members are hard at Work protecting our natural heritage. By now they would be on the high crags or over the Sierra crest. Show More Sentences By horseback and hoof, Twain takes us from the Mormon Theocracy of Utah to the wide-open craziness in the Sierra mining fields. The plants growing about the Picachos de Santa Clara are more robust and less surculose than those in the Sierra Vizcaino proper and resemble A. gigantensis. In Phantom, his co-star will be Sierra Boggess, who played his daughter in The Little Mermaid. At the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Justice Richard Lussick read the verdict to about 80 spellbound listeners. Most Sierra Leoneans are illiterate and have few job choices. These companies include SpaceX, Orbital Sciences, Sierra Nevada Space Systems, and more. Numbers of natives, especially Tarahumara, moved into the deep recesses of the western cordillera of the Sierra Madre to escape the Spanish demands for labor. A whirl of activity on and off the slopes, Kathy heads the local chapter of Disabled Sports, Eastern Sierra region. Two other First Ladies involved are Sia Nyama Koroma from Sierra Leone and Mathato Mosisili from Lesotho. It is this part of the late doctor's story that Sierra Leoneans will remember in the end, says Pratt. Chernon Bah, co-founder of A World at School, was alarmed by what she witnessed recently in Sierra Leone. In Ludwig's design, conference rooms will look out to the southwest, so that the people in them can watch the snow fall on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevadas. After slacking it off for a bit Sierra decided to start on it. The white perched villages of the High Sierra, like Grazalema, are still a couple of centuries behind in pace and are all within a day's drive of the coastal fleshpots. Last autumn found me on a grueling research trip in the eastern Sierra, hauling heavy video equipment cross-country over loose scree and high passes. It's election fever in the streets of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown. As Kaci Hickox treated patients in Sierra Leone, she faced the heartbreaking task of caring for children who died in front of her. I found some Western Sierra wholewheat pitta breads in the freezer. A light green Nissan Almera and a red Ford Sierra, heading towards Topcliffe, were in collision with an HGV tipper truck, heading towards Northallerton. In 1635, two Spanish ships carried West African peoples captured from the Yoruba, Ibo, and Ashanti tribes of what is now Ghana, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Show More Sentences The Municipio of Alamos lies in southeast Sonora, within the physiographic provinces of the Sierra Madre Occidental and the arid western coastal plains of the state of Sonora. Most Sierra Leonean colonists, for instance, did not come from America. In the 1890s, Norwegian anthropologist Carl Lumholtz set out to explore the Sierra Madre Occidental, a mountain chain that runs from Arizona to central Mexico. In Sierra Leone, the group reported less than 10 physicians per 100,000 inhabitants. Some even saw it as an American plot to export infected monkeys to Sierra Leone. Beagle and her ship's company of 37 have spent more than nine months away from their Devonport base, surveying in Sierra Leone and the Arabian Gulf. The driver of the Sierra was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. His ex-wife, Andrea, re-enters Tyrone's life, bringing with her a proposal to write a book about Sierra, his daughter and a martyr of the movement. It seems like a personal one for you, since your parents are from Sierra Leone and Ghana. Later she explains why typical forms of greeting in Sierra Leone, such as shaking hands and hugging, are no longer acceptable. Also mixed in the melange are sandy limestone and serpentine, as well as sediments that eroded off a precursor of our present Sierra Nevada Range. His colleagues Carlos Costa, Gustavo Giombini Moser, and Marta Sierra never came back. Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone do not have the staff, stuff and systems required to halt the outbreak on their own. He traveled 14 hours from Sierra Leone to attend the CGI conference this week. Perhaps shrinking membership in the League of Women Voters and the Shriners is offset by membership gains in the Sierra Club or the American Association of Retired Persons. The water ouzel is one of the more unusual birds on the Eastern Sierra. The court also found that Taylor participated in the planning of attacks, including one on the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown. An estimated 400 000 people have fled into neighbouring Sierra Leone, Guinea and Ivory Coast and have been languishing in refugee camps, the sites of frequent unrest. Swinging mightily but coming up nearly empty, Sierra topped a ball which sputtered down the third base line, when Rivera was hit with yet another brain cramp. He does a nice business in his 60-seat taproom and goes through 2 half-barrels of Sierra Nevada Celebration a week during peak winter beer season. Show More Sentences Similarly, the Mende rice cultivators in Sierra Leone live from the forest but do not see themselves as standing over it, either to exploit or to conserve it. Such is the Sierra Leonean way, the most tolerant, compassionate, and friendly people I have found anywhere. One of the plaintiffs in that litigation, the conservationist Sierra Club, has filed a motion to recuse Scalia from further participation in the case. The sludge was sent by rail and spread around on a defunct resort ranch near Sierra Blanca. By late 1958 the rebels had broken out of the Sierra Maestra and launched a general popular insurrection. Oldman participated in the creation of The Legend of Spyro games, produced by Sierra Entertainment. Native to Sierra Leone, they have occupied Sherbro Island since it was founded. He edged the third and it seemed Sierra Leone-born Bundu, 39, was beginning to tire as the hectic early pace subsided. All Sierra Leoneans, both old and young, must feel a sense of shame for betraying mother Sierra Leone. The Sierra Club did not like this connection and in 1970 The Don't Make a Wave Committee was established for the protest. He sailed with three ships for the Caribbean via Sierra Leone, hijacked a Portuguese slave ship and sold the 300 slaves from it in Santo Domingo. The ranch, just off Sierra Highway, has been home to Inner City Slickers, a program similar to Carousel's but geared to inner-city youngsters. This patient was exposed to Lassa virus while working on an aid programme in Sierra Leone. The altitude of this area varies from 1,800 to peaks over 2,900 meters such as the La Giganta and La Sierra del Cubo mountains. The Sierra Gorda is part of the Sierra Madre Occidental, with extreme variations in its geography and climate. The Sierra Central is a series of low, gentle mountains in the center of the state which are part of the Sierra Madre Occidental. Another protected area is the federal Biosphere Reserve of La Sierra Gorda. The event is visible in south-west Africa, central South America, Sierra Leone, Liberia and the southern half of the Ivory Coast. For figures from John Muir to Ansel Adams and beyond, the Sierra Nevada has long been a locus classicus of the American wilderness sublime. After new measurements of the Sierra snowpack, the figure increased this week to 35 percent. Show More Sentences Zeugma Systems is led by Andrew Harries, co-founder, President and CEO and who previously co-founded Sierra Wireless Inc. Jugger Not has the gearbox of a cement mixer, parts of a Sierra, a VW Polo, a gritting lorry and a Leyland bus in it. In the northern district of Kabala, the only part of Sierra Leone not to be touched by the epidemic, residents were upbeat about the campaign. Arval has selected Sierra Wireless device-to-cloud technology to build its new global telematics solution. Krio is still spoken in Sierra Leone, West Africa and is sometimes referred to as patois. The Eastern Sierra might not offer maple syrup, but there is enough fall color to satisfy the most dedicated leaf peeper. Take 17-year-old Sierra Landry, from Lancaster, South Carolina. From the shy folk of the Sierra and jungle, to the bolshy, party-loving Limenans and laid-back criollos, all share a huge pride in their country. The croakers, drums and meagres are the most important sciaenid species in Sierra Leone. The first leg takes place in Mbabane, Swaziland on Sunday with the return leg in Freetown, Sierra Leone, 12 days later. He won with his portrait of a Sierra Leonean soldier, taken whilst he was deployed to Sierra Leone as part of a Combat Camera Team. Second, the stories of health care workers, particularly the Sierra Leonean Nurse Rebecca Johnson who caught the virus but recovered. For most Sierra Leoneans, Norman is a war hero and not a villain because he sacrificed his life for the people by fighting to restore democracy. The box proved its worth on a California quail outing in the Sierra Nevada mountains. A ski and snowboard week held in the jagged Sierra Nevada mountain range. In 1808, Sierra Leone was designated an official British colony for freed slaves. In the most established version, it is sung in the first person by a sailor who has come home to Liverpool from Sierra Leone. Beyond the valleys lie the Sierra Nevada in the south and the Cascade Range in the north. Since the conflict in Sierra Leone, diamond-producing countries have pulled together to end the trade of blood diamonds. In fact, only Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Mauritius retained their Dominion status for more than three years. Show More Sentences The resulting concentration near Gibraltar resulted in a series of battles around the Gibraltar and Sierra Leone convoys. The Royal Marines of 40 Commando had the advantage of being supported by Centurion tanks as they landed on Sierra Red beach. The United Kingdom began a military intervention in Sierra Leone on 7 May 2000 under the codename Operation Palliser. On the same day, the RUF's leader, Foday Sankoh, was captured by Sierra Leonean forces, leaving the RUF in disarray. They took large numbers of UN personnel prisoner, and then began to advance into areas previously controlled by the Sierra Leone government. In addition, an estimated 1,000 entitled personnel were in Sierra Leone, and the government feared for their safety. Senior officers thus advised the government that an operation in Sierra Leone was feasible. Over the following days, there was debate within the British government as to what the aims of a military deployment to Sierra Leone would be. He suggested that, had the British forces been defeated, the United Kingdom would have been forced to withdraw all its forces from Sierra Leone. In Westminster, meanwhile, opposition politicians renewed their objection to the continued presence of British forces in Sierra Leone. The government was seeking an exit strategy that would end a politically unpopular deployment without abandoning Sierra Leone. In 2008, the permanent British contingent in Sierra Leone was reduced to 100 personnel. Unlike Afghanistan and Iraq, the intervention in Sierra Leone was widely regarded as successful. Success in Sierra Leone encouraged the Blair government to continue its support to Africa, particularly with regard to resolving conflicts. The experience in Sierra Leone proved the effectiveness of relatively small numbers of well trained and equipped soldiers. A 2015 study in the Journal of Strategic Studies finds that the intervention in Sierra Leone was a success. In 2000, four Tearfund staff were kidnapped whilst performing charity work in Sierra Leone. Mano River Union is a regional organisation made up of Cote d Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. To the east of the Sierra Nevada are Owens Valley and Mono Lake, an essential migratory bird habitat. The high mountains, including the Sierra Nevada, have an alpine climate with snow in winter and mild to moderate heat in summer. Show More Sentences While the Sierra rosy finch is the only bird native to the high Arctic region, other bird species such as the hummingbird and Clark's nutcracker. Poets laureate of Sierra Leone include the Italian authors Roberto Malini and Dario Picciau. The drilling program currently includes plans to drill wells in the South Sierra, Nag, Bow Shock and Sumatra prospects. As members of the Sierra Club Canada, they were frustrated by the lack of action by the organization. An example of a Class A office building constructed over a landfill is the Dakin Building at Sierra Point, Brisbane, California. The Sierra Nevada range creates the same effect in North America forming the Great Basin and Mojave Deserts. A population in the Sierra de Gredos mountain range is facing predation by otters and increased competition from the frog Pelophylax perezi. The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range reach similar altitudes as the Rocky Mountains, but are significantly smaller. The cloud forest of Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala, is the largest in Central America. Some of the earlier freedmen had migrated to Sierra Leone in the late 18th century, when it was established as a British colony. Petroglyphs on a rock wall found in the Sierra Madre mountain range, Rizal, Philippines. There was also a maintenance and training battalion deployed in Sierra Leone. The current constitution of Sierra Leone was adopted in 1991, though it has been amended several times. From 1991 to 2002, the Sierra Leone civil war was fought and devastated the country. Kabbah's ruling Sierra Leone People's Party also won majority seats in Parliament. About sixteen ethnic groups inhabit Sierra Leone, each with its own language and customs. The Spanish rendering of this geographic formation is Sierra Leona, which later was adapted and, misspelled, became the country's current name. This would imply that the identity of the person who named Sierra Leone still remains unclear. In Sierra Leone they were called the Nova Scotian Settlers, the Nova Scotians, or the Settlers. The Sierra Leone Company, controlled by London investors, refused to allow the settlers to take freehold of the land. Show More Sentences On 1 January 1808, Thomas Ludlam, the Governor of the Sierra Leone Company and a leading abolitionist, surrendered the Company's charter. In 1896 it annexed these areas, declaring them the Sierra Leone Protectorate. A notable event in 1935 was the granting of a monopoly on mineral mining to the Sierra Leone Selection Trust, run by De Beers. In 1953, Sierra Leone was granted local ministerial powers and Margai was elected Chief Minister of Sierra Leone. The new constitution ensured Sierra Leone a parliamentary system within the Commonwealth of Nations. On 27 April 1961, Sir Milton Margai led Sierra Leone to independence from Great Britain and became the country's first Prime Minister. In May 1962, Sierra Leone held its first general election as an Independent nation. Margai used his conservative ideology to lead Sierra Leone without much strife. To maintain the support of the military, Stevens retained the popular John Amadu Bangura as the head of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces. In 1977, a nationwide student demonstration against the government disrupted Sierra Leone politics. The 1978 constitution made the APC the only legal political party in Sierra Leone. He was Major General Joseph Saidu Momoh, the head of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces and Stevens' own choice to succeed him. As head of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces, Major General Momoh was very loyal to Stevens, who had appointed him to the position. President Momoh named James Bambay Kamara as the head of the Sierra Leone Police. The brutal civil war that was going on in neighbouring Liberia played a significant role in the outbreak of fighting in Sierra Leone. Between 1991 and 2001, about 50,000 people were killed in Sierra Leone's civil war. In August 2007, Sierra Leone held presidential and parliamentary elections. By the end of 2014 there were nearly 3000 deaths and 10 thousand cases of the disease in Sierra Leone. The national capital Freetown sits on a coastal peninsula, situated next to the Sierra Leone Harbour, the world's third largest natural harbour. Until 2002, Sierra Leone lacked a forest management system because of the civil war that caused tens of thousands of deaths. Show More Sentences The president is the highest and most influential position within the government of Sierra Leone. The current members of Parliament of Sierra Leone were elected in the 2012 Sierra Leone parliamentary election. The Sierra Leone Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is responsible for foreign policy of Sierra Leone. The current Sierra Leone Defence Minister is retired Major Alfred Paolo Conteh. Before Sierra Leone gained independence in 1961, the military was known as the Royal Sierra Leone Military Force. In 1995 Defence Headquarters was established, and the Sierra Leone Air Wing formed. Each one of Sierra Leone's 14 districts is headed by a district police commissioner who is the professional head of their respective district. These Police Commissioners report directly to the Inspector General of Police at the Sierra Leone Police headquarters in Freetown. Since the end of hostilities in January 2002, massive infusions of outside assistance have helped Sierra Leone begin to recover. Credit card use is limited in Sierra Leone, though they may be used at some hotels and restaurants. There are ten regional airports in Sierra Leone, and one international airport. This means that no airline registered in Sierra Leone may operate services of any kind within the European Union. The constitution of Sierra Leone provides for freedom of religion and the Sierra Leone Government generally protects it. The Sierra Leone Government is constitutionally forbidden from establishing a state religion. Even during the Sierra Leonean Civil War people were never targeted because of their religion. The two largest mosques in Sierra Leone are the Freetown Central Mosque and the Ghadafi Central Mosque, both located in the capital Freetown. The Temne predominate in the Northern Sierra Leone and the areas around the capital of Sierra Leone. They began moving into Sierra Leone slowly and peacefully in the eighteenth century. They have no tradition of origin, and it is believed that they have lived in Sierra Leone since before the European encounter. The Limba are primarily found in Northern Sierra Leone, particularly in Bombali, Kambia and Koinadugu District. Show More Sentences Since Independence, the Limba have traditionally been very influential in Sierra Leone's politics, along with the Mende. Next in proportion are the Kono, who live primarily in Kono District in Eastern Sierra Leone. The Krio have traditionally dominated Sierra Leone's judiciacy and Freetown's elected city council. The Loko in the north are native people of Sierra Leone, believed to have lived in Sierra Leone since the time of European encounter. According to 2010 estimates, Sierra Leone has the 5th highest maternal mortality rate in the world. Water supply in Sierra Leone is characterised by limited access to safe drinking water. Rice is the staple food of Sierra Leone and is consumed at virtually every meal daily. Media in Sierra Leone began with the introduction of the first printing press in Africa at the start of the 19th century. The arts in Sierra Leone are a mixture of tradition and hybrid African and western styles. The Sierra Leone national football team, popularly known as the Leone Stars, represents the country in international competitions. Many of the national team footballers are celebrities across Sierra Leone and they are often well known by the general population. Fourteen clubs from across the country compete in the Sierra Leone Premier League. The Sierra Leone cricket team represents Sierra Leone in international cricket competitions, and is among the best in West Africa. Current NBA youngstar Victor Oladipo is of Sierra Leonean descent, as his father is a native of Sierra Leone. There are important Peruvian colonies in La Paz, El Alto and Santa Cruz de la Sierra. In the northern part of the Andes, the isolated Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta range is often considered to be part of the Andes. The Tairona inhabited northern Colombia in the isolated mountain range of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Located in between the Sierra Madre and the Cordillera Central mountain ranges is the large Cagayan Valley. The Sierra Madre mountain range continues to stretch across the western section of Central Luzon, snaking southwards into the Bicol Peninsula. One reason for this is the rivers that flow from the Sierra region and the Usuamacinta River. Show More Sentences The Maya highlands extend eastwards from Chiapas into Guatemala, reaching their highest in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes. The topography changes drastically, rising from the narrow coastal plains to the highlands of the eastern Sierra Madre. All of the rivers and streams that cross the state begin in the Sierra Madre Oriental or in the Central Mesa, flowing east to the Gulf of Mexico. Veracruz cuisine divides into six regions called Sotavento, Centro Norte, Centro Sur, Sierra, Costa Norte, and Los Tuxtlas. To the north of the port city is the Sierra or Totonacalpan area of the state, home to the Totonac people. The backbone of the state is the Sierra de Baja California, where the Picacho del Diablo, the highest point of the peninsula, is located. Another group of people were the Guachimis, who came from the north and created much of the Sierra de Guadalupe cave paintings. The most notable ranges of these mountains are the Sierra de Juarez and the Sierra de San Pedro Martir. The highest mountain in the Sierra de los Cucapah is the Cerro del Centinela or Mount Signal. The change of altitude towards the Sierra de Baja California creates an alpine climate in this region. In Sierra Leone in the 19th century about half of the population consisted of slaves. The state has three main geographical regions, the Sierra Madre Occidental in the west, the Mexican Plateau and the Sierra Madre Oriental. Most of it is in the Sierra Madre Occidental with highly rugged with peaks of over 2,500 meters above sea level. Some of the communities were broken up and the British deported Maroons to Nova Scotia and, later, Sierra Leone. Many of the founders were also involved in creating the Sierra Leone Company and the Society for the Education of Africans. Many of their descendants still live in Sierra Leone, as well as other African countries. The Sierra Nevada range creates the same effect in North America, causing the Great Basin desert, Mojave Desert, and Sonoran Desert. Most rainshadows in the western United States are due to the Sierra Nevada and Cascades. If you decide to go native, Sierra giant pipe vine or Dutchman's pipe, is worth consideration. The Pine Tree project will supply Los Angeles with power from 80 giant wind turbines in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. Show More Sentences The well-heeled and unhooded types showed up for a May conference in Sierra Vista, Ariz. Chemical composition of ten samples of the Sierra de San Miguel Complex was analyzed. April 16, 1979 Monksfield, Tied Cottage, Dulcify and High Sierra scored big-race victories in four different countries. The most popular pencil wood, incense cedar, is found in the forests of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. Taking the latter, I will say Sankoh's death is untimely because he did not face God's judgement on earth as Sierra Leoneans had hoped. Many of the Sierra Nevada fans have associated perennial streams fed by rainfall, snowmelt or glacial icemelt in the catchments. Greedy for gold, Alvarado had set sail for the south without the crown's authorization, landed on the Ecuadorian coast, and marched inland to the Sierra. Small Business Administration asked EPA to drop the proposed settlement in the Sierra Club lawsuit challenging the deadline for case-by-case hazardous air pollution permits. So, my radioman, George Dreisbach, and I took off in a TBM Avenger for the quiet little auxiliary air station at the base of the towering Sierra mountain range. We also located a frequently-used communal night roost in Sierra La Viga. This is the egalitarian revelation and baptism that Muir found in the Sierra, and it confirmed his Campbellite tendency to reject creeds and dogmatic human traditions. People are seeing the outline of the Virgin Mary in the charred trunk of a California sycamore tree on the side of Sierra Highway north of Davenport Road. This was taken as an incredible lack of respect towards the indigenous population and a lack of recognition in terms of qualified Sierra Leoneans. The UK military deployment to Sierra Leone is part of a wider humanitarian aid program led by DfID, involving Save the Children and the Sierra Leonean Government and military. Leibold says the Sierra Club opposes shooting burros, preferring the adopt-a-burro policy jointly pursued by the Bureau of Land Management and NPS at Lake Mead in Nevada. These mountains form a link between the Cordillera Central and the Sierra Madre mountain ranges, separating the Cagayan Valley from the Central Luzon plains. Donations will support the creation of the Sierra del Divisor Reserve in Peru, a reserve in Brazil's Pantanal, and the El Jaguar Reserve in Colombia. Powered by a 1,700cc Ford Kent crossflow engine with around 135bhp in standard tune, it uses a Sierra five-speed gearbox and differential and has de Dion rear suspension. The Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep is dedicated to the recovery of the unique and endangered Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep through conservation, education and research. Taylor was forced to flee but was captured on the Nigeria-Cameroon border in 2006 with sackfuls of cash by a team working for the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone. Find more words! 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