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	Blue Mountains Australia - Accommodation, Attractions...
		The Blue Mountains is perfect for exploring the best that nature has to offer.
		The Blue Mountains is the ideal destination for that romantic getaway or family escape.
		The Blue Mountains is situated within a World Heritage area offering a unique, relaxing environment for that perfect lifestyle.
	www.bluemts.com.au (315 words)

	Blue Mountains, Jamaica - breathtaking views, bird watching and great hiking places
		The 194,000 acre Blue Mountain and John Crow Mountain National Park was established in 1992 to preserve some of the remaining forests and to protect the island’s largest watershed.
		The traditional Blue Mountain trek is the 7 mile hike to the peak with an increase in altitude of 3000 ft. Jamaicans prefer to reach the peak at sunrise so the 3-4 hour hike is usually undertaken in darkness.
		It is safer to hike in the Blue Mountains during the dry period from December to April because its numerous, rapidly flowing rivers create floods and landslides during heavy rains.
	www.great-adventures.com /destinations/jamaica/bluemo.html (2129 words)

	Blue Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Blue Mountains of New South Wales, roughly 100 kilometres west of Sydney, are a range of sandstone mountains that reach to about 1200 metres above sea level, and form part of the Great Dividing Range that runs roughly parallel to the east and southeast coast of Australia for thousands of kilometres.
		The Blue Mountains were thought to be impenetrable by the early settlers of Sydney and were not crossed until 1813, by Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson.
		The lower mountains (Glenbrook, Warrimoo, Winmallee, Blaxland, Springwood and Faulconbridge and Woodford) tend to be dormitory suburbs for Sydney.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Blue_Mountains (702 words)

	Blue Ridge Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Blue Ridge is a mountain chain in the eastern United States, part of the Appalachian Mountains, forming their eastern front from the Carolinas to New York State.
		To the west of the Blue Ridge, between it and the bulk of the Appalachians, lies the Great Valley, bordered on the west by the Great Smoky Mountains.
		The Brushy Mountains in North Carolina are a "lost" spur of the Blue Ridge mountains.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains (325 words)

	Blue Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Blue Mountains also refers to the City of the Blue Mountains (or Blue Mountains City Council), a local government area within the range; or specifically to the Blue Mountains National Park.
		The City of the Blue Mountains (referred to as "The City Within The ") consists of a ribbon of close or contiguous towns which lie on the rail and road link between Penrith (a western suburb of Sydney) and Lithgow (a coal mining town).
		The lower mountains (Glenbrook, Blaxland,, Warrimoo, Winmalee, Springwood, Faulconbridge, Linden and) tend to be dormitory suburbs for Sydney.
	www.provo.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Blue_Mountains (781 words)

	Blue Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, roughly 100 kilometres west of Sydney, are a range of sandstone "mountains" that reach to at least 1190 metres above sea level (in the Lithgow area).
		The Blue Mountains lie in the local government areas of the City of Blue Mountains, the City of Hawkesbury, the City of Lithgow and Oberon.
		The first crossing of the Blue Mountains has traditionally been regarded as a critical step that opened the west of New South Wales to European settlement; however, modern historians point out that until about the time the mountains were first crossed there was still ample land available closer to the coast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_Mountains (927 words)

	Blue Ridge Mountains - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Blue Ridge Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mountain range in southeastern USA, and part of the Appalachian Mountains system.
		The geologically complex Blue Ridge range, which includes some of the oldest (Precambrian) rocks of the Appalachian System, comprises largely metamorphic rocks, with igneous intrusions, and is known especially for its hard granites and gneisses.
		Shenandoah National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway run along the Blue Ridge range, and parts of the George Washington and Jefferson national forests, the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, and the Appalachian Trail are in the region.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Blue+Ridge+Mountains (246 words)

	Blue Mountains: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The blue mountains national park is a national park in new south wales (australia), 81 km west of sydney, located in the blue mountains region of the great...
		The Blue Mountains were thought to be impenetrable by the early settlers of Sydney and were not crossed until 1813, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Winmalee is a town in the lower blue mountains, australia....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bl/blue_mountains.htm (2049 words)

	Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains
		The Blue Ridge end in extremes: At the southern end is spectacular Amicalola Falls (Dawson County), tallest waterfall east of the Mississippi, the western end is a 2000 foot drop from Fort Mountain to the Great Valley (Murray County).
		This is a body of relatively dry air that forms on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge in Georgia and extends south to Atlanta and west to the Alabama border.
		The Cherokee farmed the valleys and hunted in the mountains, and called it "The Enchanted Land." They would continue to live in the Blue Ridge Mountains until they were forced west on the tragedy known as the Trail Of Tears.
	ngeorgia.com /mountains/blueridgemountains.html (2085 words)

	BLUE MOUNTAINS, NEW SOUTH WALES, BLUE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, THREE SISTERS, THINGS TO DO IN BLUE MOUNTAINS, KATOOMBA
		The Blue Mountains were once thought of as the barrier to freedom, with many early settlers believing China was on the other side.
		The mountains reach a height of 1100m, and have been given their name due to the blue haze that hovered above the mountains produced by the oil from the plentiful Eucalyptus trees.
		The Blue Mountains National Park offers great walking trails and is still relatively untouched similar to the other national parks in the Blue Mountains.
	www.australianexplorer.com /blue_mountains.htm (597 words)

	Blue Mountains Travel information, Sydney, Australia - NSW Region - Sydney Visitors Bureau
		The Blue Mountains is Sydney's greatest recreation area for people who prefer the bush to the sea.
		The 'mountains', as they are commonly called, stood between the still fledgling settlement at Sydney and the agricultural and grazing country to the west.
		The first motor car did not cross the Blue Mountains until 1904, and then it had to be hitched to a horse to make the steep incline up Mount Victoria.
	www.sydney.visitorsbureau.com.au /page2-12.html (2483 words)

	Blue Ridge Mountains
		The physical region of Virginia known as the Blue Ridge Mountains is located between the Piedmont Region and the Valley and Ridge region.
		The range of mountains known as the Blue Ridge Mountains is the eastern range of the Appalachian Mountains, which extends south from Pennsylvania to northern Georgia.
		The Blue Ridge Mountain Range was a barrier to the pioneers' westward movement.
	www.scott.k12.va.us /martha2/Mountains.htm (356 words)

	World Heritage: Blue Mountains Area (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Greater Blue Mountains Area was inscribed on the World Heritage List at the 24th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Cairns from 27 November to 2 December 2000.
		The Greater Blue Mountains Area consists of 1.03 million hectares of mostly forested landscape on a sandstone plateau 60 to 180 kilometres inland from central Sydney, New South Wales.
		The Greater Blue Mountains Area represents the highest biodiversity in temperate forest environments with integrity, in Australia and globally, both within and across taxonomic levels.
	www.deh.gov.au /heritage/worldheritage/sites/blue (1065 words)

	Washington DGER: Blue Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Blue Mountains physiographic province is located south of the Snake River in the southeast corner of Washington.
		The major portion of the Blue Mountains is situated to the south in Oregon.
		As thick sequences of basalt were erupted in the Blue Mountains during the lower Miocene, adjacent basins formed--for example, in the vicinity of Troy, at the Oregon-Washington border.
	www.dnr.wa.gov /geology/bluemtns.htm (325 words)

	Blue Mountains Accommodation - Katoomba Accommodation - Blue Mountains Australia
		Blue Mountains Wonderland respects your privacy and your details will be kept in strictest confidence.
		Spring’s joyful renaissance has arrived in the Blue Mountains, and a cavalcade of colour is marching westwards.
		Beginning early in September in the Lower Mountains, the colour continues a little later at each altitude and culminates in the magnificent rhododendron hues of the Upper Mountains at October’s end.
	www.bluemountainswonderland.com.au (507 words)

	Blue Mountains Info - Katoomba, Blackheath, Leura, Wentworth Falls, and more... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Glenbrook is a vibrant town at the foot of the mountain which welcomes you in with a refreshing exuberance at a Blue Mountains pace.
		Home of breathtaking scenery and timeless natural treasures, overseen by the iconic 3 sisters, Katoomba is the heart of the Blue Mountains and the leader in natural and commercial wonders.
		Lawson is a principal town for the Blue Mountains, and an old, traditional township.
	www.bluemountainsonline.com.au /aboutthearea (795 words)

	BLUE MOUNTAINS: A Solitary Cloud
		The white cloud is the son of the blue mountain.
		It blesses the mountain with its moisture as the mountain blesses it with it's warmth.
		A trek to the Blue Mountain Peak, 7,402 feet high, comprises a strenuous hike for 7 miles with an increase in altitude of 3000 feet and provides stunning vistas of the Caribbean even as far as Cuba.
	www.angelfire.com /electronic/awakening101/blu_mnt.html (1105 words)

	Blue Mountains travel guide - Wikitravel
		The Blue Mountains,[1] located immediately to the west of the sprawling metropolian area that is Sydney, is one of the most accessible areas of (relatively unspoilt) highland natural beauty in New South Wales, Australia.
		The Blue Mountains region was inscribed as a World Heritage Area by UNESCO in 2000 [2].
		The people of the Blue Mountains live in "villages", however in the lower Mountains, these are basically suburbs of Sydney.
	wikitravel.org /en/Blue_Mountains (977 words)

	Blue Mountains National Park
		The proposal was this: that all Crown lands of the Greater Blue Mountains region should be set aside as Blue Mountains National Park.
		Its in Lapstone, on the eastern slopes of the mountains.
		Blue Mountains National Park was awarded the National Trust Heritage Award for this work in 1999.
	www.australiannationalparks.com /newsouthwales/bluemountains (1798 words)

	World Heritage: Blue Mountains Area
		The Greater Blue Mountains Area was inscribed on the World Heritage List at the 24th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Cairns from 27 November to 2 December 2000.
		The Greater Blue Mountains Area consists of 1.03 million hectares of mostly forested landscape on a sandstone plateau 60 to 180 kilometres inland from central Sydney, New South Wales.
		The area does not contain mountains in the conventional sense but is described as a deeply incised sandstone plateau rising from less than 100 metres above sea level to 1 300 metres at the highest point.
	www.environment.gov.au /heritage/worldheritage/sites/blue (1050 words)

	The Blue Ridge and Cohutta Mountains
		While the Blue Ridge range does continue to the west it is at this point that both the Benton MacKaye and Appalachian Trail begin their northward trek along the ridges of the Appalachian Mountains.
		The Appalachians are a loose-knit series of mountain ranges that extend from Maine to Alabama and include portions of New Hampsire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticutt, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia.
		In Fannin County, Georgia, the Gateway to the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Cohuttas rise in the west and the Blue Ridge to the south and east.
	www.blueridgemountains.com /blue_ridge_mountains.html (713 words)

	Blue Mountains, Oregon (Mountains)
		The Blue Mountains constitute one of the largest uplifts in Oregon and the main range, together with its spurs and offshoots, extends into several counties.
		The Blue Mountains are separated from the Wallowa Mountains by the Powder River and Grande Ronde River.
		The highest point in the Blue Mountains is Rock Creek Butte, a peak on Elkhorn Ridge a few miles west of Baker City with an elevation of 9097 feet.
	www.ohwy.com /or/b/bluemtns.htm (109 words)

	Colong Foundation for Wilderness
		The Blue Mountains is the best example of modern scleromorph diversity with the added interest of being juxtaposed with the original Gondwanan vegetation.
		That the Blue Mountains is the centre of eucalypt diversity is an expression of adaptation to low nutrient soils, global climatic changes of the late Tertiary and the Quaternary, increased fire, and stable landforms.
		In this, the Blue Mountains is a uniquely scenic, forested wilderness landscape has resisted the degradation and fragmentation arising from the demands of urban-industrial society, such as mining, logging, clearing for agriculture or for the grazing of stock.
	www.colongwilderness.org.au /bluewh.htm (2682 words)

	The Blue Ridge and Cohutta Mountains
		While the Blue Ridge range does continue to the west it is at this point that both the Benton MacKaye and Appalachian Trail begin their northward trek along the ridges of the Appalachian Mountains.
		The Appalachians are a loose-knit series of mountain ranges that extend from Maine to Alabama and include portions of New Hampsire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticutt, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia.
		In Fannin County, Georgia, the Gateway to the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Cohuttas rise in the west and the Blue Ridge to the south and east.
	blueridgemountains.com /blue_ridge_mountains.html (713 words)

	Blue Mountains Conservation Society (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The native plants of the Blue Mountains are suited to the particular geology and climate of the area.
		The Blue Mountains area is luckier than most as far as retaining its native plants is concerned.
		The suggestions are from a booklet, "Instead of Weeds", to be published by the Blue Mountains Bushcare Network later in 1998.
	www.bluemountains.org.au /BushLiving/LivingNearTheBush/plants.html (1909 words)

	Blue Mountains, Australia, accommodation.
		The Blue Mountains, an area rich in natural beauty was designated in 2000 as a World Heritage Region - defined by UNESCO as 'worthy of recognition as of outstanding universal value'.
		The Blue Mountains are so called because of the noticeable blue hue over the tree filled valleys, caused by vaporising eucalyptus oil.
		The Blue Mountains scenery is unique and the area consists of over a million hectares of dramatic sandstone gorges, plateaus and escarpments dominated by eucalypt forest.
	www.auinfo.com /blue-mountains.htm (928 words)

	Blue Ridge Parkway Driving Tour connecting the Shenandoah to the Great Smokies
		The Blue Ridge Parkway connects the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina.
		The Blue Ridge Parkway travels through the very heart of the Blue Ridge Province, skirting along the mountain ridges, crossing numerous mountain gaps, steering through exciting tunnels bored out of sheer rock and descending into deep valley's occasionally brushing against picturesque mountain cities such as Asheville North Carolina and Roanoke Virginia.
		There is so much to tell about the Blue Ridge Parkway, its many natural wonders, constant array of spectacular vistas and cultural mountain communities along its slopes, coves and valleys that this profile is a mere scratch of the surface.
	theblueridgehighlander.com /blue_ridge_parkway/index.html (936 words)

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