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Figure 1: Worldwide distribution of mountain lands. Fir and hemlock pink mountain heather Illustration showing a cross-section of tropical mountain land vegetation, with tall trees and smaller plants on a slope, highlighting root systems spreading through the soil.
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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.
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Figure 1: Worldwide distribution of mountain lands.
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Fir and hemlock
Rocky Mountain fir (Abies lasiocarpa, center) among mountain hemlock (Tsuga...
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pink mountain heather
Pink mountain heather (Phyllodoce species) growing in North Cascades National...
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Figure 2: Vegetation profile of tropical mountain lands.
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