Search results for "Mountain goat" - New World Encyclopedia
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- A goat is a member of the genus Capra of the bovid (Bovidae) family ... The Rocky Mountain goat, Oreamnos americanus, of North America is ...18 KB (2,764 words) - 18:43, 30 August 2021
- from the horn of a ram or sometimes that of a goat or antelope, is sounded at Rosh Hashanah, the celebration of the new year (Slifkin 2006). In Christianity ...11 KB (1,682 words) - 01:57, 12 January 2023
- The Altai Mountains are a mountain system of Central Asia that extends ... elk, maral, and musk-deer. Siberian mountain goat, brown bear, lynx and ...12 KB (1,825 words) - 04:09, 24 May 2024
- painted in red, including several deer, a goat, a horse, and various other ... The Cave of La Garma is located on La Gama Mountain. It is divided ...25 KB (4,047 words) - 06:22, 18 November 2022
- Nilgiri Hills comprise part of a larger mountain chain known as the Western ... . The district resides mainly contained within that mountain range. ...15 KB (2,206 words) - 04:44, 15 November 2022
- The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain ... in the Wyoming Basin transformed inter-mountain basins into a relatively ...17 KB (2,479 words) - 02:29, 16 December 2022
- the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, with the upper body and hands ... political system. Furthermore, the mountain dwelling Arcadians themselves ...15 KB (2,404 words) - 06:26, 18 November 2022
- The Atlas Mountain Range also served to facilitate agriculture in ... After defining the landscape in the region, the Atlas Mountain range ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 06:36, 16 November 2022
- is Australia's most extensive mountain range, stretching more than ... power plants. Its great variety of mountain ranges, national parks and ...17 KB (2,368 words) - 19:30, 24 May 2024
- is inhabited by a large population of mountain lions, and grey wolves visit ... of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 2000. ...13 KB (1,924 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- A series of mountain ranges runs the length of the peninsula, which ... the Sierra de la Laguna forms an isolated mountain range rising to 2406 m. ...14 KB (2,128 words) - 05:48, 26 August 2023
- at the behest of Poseidon, to prevent the mountain swelling too much and another ... Chimera, a fearsome conglomerate of a lion, goat, and serpent. Edith Hamilton ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 07:12, 23 November 2022
- miles northeast of Portland, Oregon. The mountain is part of the Cascade Volcanic ... avalanche, reducing the elevation of the mountain's summit from 9,600 ...26 KB (4,064 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- is said to be slightly different from a mountain nymph, yet both fall into ... had unnatural legs, like those of a goat, donkey, or cow. They were ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 19:37, 17 November 2022
- ) are a great mountain system of Europe, forming parts of nine nations: ... The highest mountain in the range is Mont Blanc, at 15,774 feeet ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 08:34, 23 July 2023
- The Cascade Range is a major mountain range of western North America ... and animal life, as well as to majestic mountain scenery. ...29 KB (4,312 words) - 14:17, 29 November 2023
- lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and an exceedingly loud ... side. This shofar was the horn of a wild goat, straight in shape, and ornamented ...13 KB (2,151 words) - 14:23, 27 January 2023
- are stories of yetis coming down from the mountain to feed off of livestock ... the first time, the world's largest mountain, Mount Everest, some in ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 09:58, 23 May 2023
- juice from the stalks of an indeterminate mountain plant (which has been hypothesized ... of consecrated water, pomegranites, goat's milk and twigs. This ...14 KB (2,226 words) - 01:08, 4 February 2023
- There are a few exceptions, including the goat willow and peachleaf willow. ... Salix arbuscula - mountain willow Salix arbusculoides - littletree willow ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 21:53, 25 November 2022
- that it creates its own weather. The mountain and the surrounding area ... Though located in a state with two mountain ranges, (the Cascades and ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 17:43, 10 November 2022
- the center of the universe; the eastern mountain is green, the southern is ... lit. "mountain-water") is a style of Chinese painting that ...19 KB (2,730 words) - 14:06, 20 May 2023
- [[Image:Sheep in mountain pasture.jpg|thumb|Grazing sheep with range scientist]] The domestic sheep is thought to be descended from the wild mouflon ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 21:23, 6 October 2022
- [[Image:Mountain Goat USFWS.jpg|right|thumb|275px|The Mountain Goat ... Other large mammals such as the mountain goat (the official park symbol ...38 KB (5,788 words) - 14:33, 22 May 2024
- # Melissa, who nursed him with goat's-milk; # a nymph named Adamanthea ... # a goat named Amalthea, while a company of soldiers danced, shouted ...16 KB (2,635 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- The Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range rising from the ... The geology of the Black Hills is complex. A Tertiary mountain-building ...27 KB (4,267 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- an ethnic group found in the Hindu Kush mountain range in the Chitral district ... the Kalash people live in three isolated mountain valleys: Bumboret (Kalash: ...33 KB (5,027 words) - 17:07, 14 May 2024
- The Namib Desert is a coastal desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola that encompasses the world's highest sand dunes, gravel plains, ...11 KB (1,703 words) - 01:13, 11 November 2022
- hinder humans. They are half human - half goat, human from the head to the ... chupar "to suck" and cabra "goat", literally "goat ...32 KB (4,984 words) - 22:44, 10 November 2022
- supplies of food: deer, bear, elk, mountain goat, seal, and bountiful quantities of fish and shellfish. One of the most central components of ...18 KB (2,643 words) - 14:19, 3 May 2023
- The Banff Center has organized the Banff Mountain Film Festival. In 1990, ... of Canada") series. The Lake Louise Mountain Resort is also located near ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- appears to them in a cloud at the top of the mountain. (19) ... the prohibition against cooking a young goat in its mother's milk ...26 KB (4,281 words) - 07:28, 17 November 2023
- Cascades Range of Washington and Oregon, the Rocky Mountain Range, the Western Great Lakes area, and northeastern United States from Maine to New York ...12 KB (1,852 words) - 04:38, 5 November 2022
- Nathu La (Nepali: नाथू ला, IAST: Nāthū Lā) a mountain ... a report on the strategic importance of mountain passes between Sikkim and ...20 KB (2,900 words) - 23:53, 29 May 2023
- The larger mammals include the black bear, mountain lion, coyote, ... into the Big Bend, and by 1900, sheep, goat, and cattle ranches occupied ...17 KB (2,701 words) - 03:47, 1 October 2023
- first, achieved nirvana on the Kailasa Mountain of the Himalayas; Vasupujya ... | goat | 35 dhanusha | 95,000 years | Bhilaka | Gandharva andBala; orVijaya ...12 KB (1,718 words) - 17:11, 30 September 2021
- Algeria that once held lakes fed by mountain streams. Wind erosion has ... around the larger oases. Agadez, on the mountain's southern slopes, ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 16:15, 25 August 2022
- ; POJ: Bu-i Soa) designates a mountain range located at the prefecture ... Mainland Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis--a goat antelope), Cabot's Tragopan ...12 KB (1,723 words) - 17:46, 10 November 2022
- as fuel. Yaks are used to transport goods across mountain passes for local farmers and traders as well as for climbing and trekking expeditions. Often ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 10:03, 22 May 2023
- Three major mountain ranges are partially in the forest: the Absaroka ... dense spruce and fir forest to craggy mountain peaks, Shoshone National ...41 KB (6,175 words) - 20:03, 21 April 2023
- * Mountain/Wild Reindeer (R. tarandus tarandus), found in the Arctic ... the two subspecies tarandus and fennicus—mountain and Finnish woodland reindeer. ...20 KB (2,969 words) - 19:16, 26 November 2023
- Colorado is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United ... Great Plains. Colorado has more than 50 mountain peaks more than 14,000 feet ...37 KB (5,383 words) - 22:39, 7 January 2024
- as a possible home due to its rugged mountain landscape, absence of natural harbor, lack of land for agriculture, and a harsh climate with heavy ...33 KB (4,923 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- but today are restricted to the mountain ranges west of Lake Baikal ... These elk, originally from Rocky Mountain herds, exhibit modified ...32 KB (4,952 words) - 08:44, 31 December 2021
- lake in Kyrgyzstan and the second largest mountain lake in the world after Titicaca. ... as herding families return to the high mountain pasture (or jailoo) in the ...39 KB (5,879 words) - 16:28, 21 March 2024
- used by many endangered species, including the mountain gorilla and the forest elephant. Governments in the region are attempting to lessen the impact ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- Nevada is broken up by many north-south mountain ranges. Most of these ... The mountain ranges, some of which have peaks above 13000|ft|m|-2 ...34 KB (5,052 words) - 04:36, 11 March 2023
- wolves, foxes, lynxes, bobcats, and mountain lions (cougar). of southern Alberta. Bighorn sheep and mountain goats live in the Rocky ...36 KB (5,234 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- and Kashmir sandwiched between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the ... Ladakh has become renowned for its remote mountain beauty and Buddhist ...43 KB (6,368 words) - 05:33, 4 March 2023
- *goat *goldfinch *goldfish *goose *gopher *gorilla *grasshopper ... *mountain goat *mouse *mule *muskox *mussel *narwhal *newt ...30 KB (3,941 words) - 07:27, 20 June 2021
