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puna

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Recent Examples of puna This high puna ecosystem, characterized by its harsh climate and sparse vegetation, is the natural territory of Peru’s national animal, the vicuña—a shy, elusive camelid renowned for having the world’s most luxurious wool. — David Nolan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025 Deep wells or puna are cleaned of dirt and debris so the sea water that enters them through underground channels is clean and conducive to salt making. — Deepa Bharath, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2024 Reviving the amunas could be complemented by projects to restore the puna, the high-altitude tundra ecosystem that, when healthy, holds water like a sponge. — Simeon Tegel, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Dec. 2022

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The Simbari people of Papua New Guinea’s eastern highlands separate boys from their mothers around the age of nine.

— Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
The Macallan Importantly, this is the first time that Macallan fans will be able to have this type of experience without going through global travel retail or venturing into the heart of the remote Scottish highlands.

— Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Definition of highland

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Photos also helped the DNR better understand trends in the lives of many mammals and upland birds such as wild turkeys.

— Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
With seven miles of shoreline, the 892-acre park has plenty of space to explore tidal wetlands interspersed with farmland and upland forests.

— Simon Davidson, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2026

Definition of upland

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On July 4, North Dakota gained the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library atop a butte in Medora.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026
Situated on a butte at the gateway to the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, the 96,000-sq-ft (8,918-sq-m) library and museum structure practically blends into the rugged landscape.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 July 2026

Definition of butte

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In 2025, the company finalized an agreement with Baghdad to redevelop oil and gas resources in Kirkuk, covering the Baba and Avanah domes of the Kirkuk field and the nearby Bai Hassan, Jambur and Khabbaz fields.

— Lee Ying Shan,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 July 2026
As the shift in the heat dome was happening, the wildfires erupted in Canada.

— Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 17 July 2026

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Built in the late 19 th century to transport the altiplano’s abundant metals and minerals, the railway line once ran from Bolivia’s de facto capital La Paz to the Pacific port of Antofagasta in Chile.

— The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
Tiwanaku communities first emerged in an altiplano, or high plain, of the Andes called the Titicaca Basin, named after Lake Titicaca.

— Gina Park, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025

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