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Recent Examples of puna
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puna
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Leave a comment View Comments The formations have also provided insight into one of the biggest mysteries on Mars — why the planet has a marked boundary between the soaring highlands of its southern hemisphere and shallow plains in the northern hemisphere.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Still, White had to find the actual hotel, spending months touring Thailand’s rolling northern highlands, bustling Bangkok, and southern beach resorts of Phuket and Krabi.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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The site also boasts grasslands, dry forests and upland areas — just about every habitat southern Indiana has to offer.—
Karl Schneider,
The Indianapolis Star,
20 Dec. 2024
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The country’s upland areas are covered by a patchwork of teams made up of locals from all walks of life.—
Tristan Kennedy,
WIRED,
7 Oct. 2024
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The towering features are similar to the buttes and mesas of Monument Valley along the Arizona-Utah border.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Rather than focusing on the plateau itself, the work focuses on the neighboring lowlands, which include a large region dotted with thousands of buttes and mesas that rise roughly a kilometer above the surrounding plains.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
20 Jan. 2025
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Explosions of color all around the iconic dome that’s hosting its 11th edition of the Super Bowl – those New Orleans mainstays of purple, green and yellow – make up for the dimness.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN,
4 Feb. 2025
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The German composer’s works are brought to life by his band and an orchestra at Dubai’s Coca-Cola Arena, the Al Wasl Plaza dome at Expo City Dubai and other venues.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
29 Jan. 2025
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In the Chilean altiplano above 12,000 feet, Meiburg spends one of the coldest nights of his life in a sleeping bag on the edge of a salt lagoon, staking out mountain caracaras known for working in groups to flip over heavy flat stones in search of edible creatures.—
Paul Kvinta,
Outside Online,
2 Apr. 2021
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The landscape changed around me; condensing from plains, desert, and mountains into the jungles of Central America, then unfolding in reverse, into the expanse of the altiplano.—
J.R. Patterson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Feb. 2022
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“Puna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puna. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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