Trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae dominate the canopy and emergent layers of the hyper-diverse, aseasonal, humid lowland tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
But what perfectionism doesn't tell us is that soon after reaching that summit, we will be called down again to the fresh lowlands of insecurity and shame, just to try and scale that peak again.
The Uluru is considered an inselberg, or island mountain, in that it's a giant mass of sandstone climbing over 348 meters into the sky but is somehow surrounded by flat lowlands in every direction.
He mounted the steps and came toward her and, even before he spoke, revealing in his tones a twang and a burring of " r s" unusual in the lowlands, Scarlett knew that he was mountain born.
I travel around the world and have worked on 6 of the 7 continents studying lowland gorillas in central Africa, grizzly bears in North America, ringtail lemurs in Madagascar, cougars in California, lions in Tanzania, and more.
The world's largest carp, these powerful fish cruise the rivers with the seasons, migrating between spawning grounds in mountain torrents and these more placid lowland waters.
Melting glaciers caused catastrophic flooding as the Mediterranean Sea spilled over the Bosphorus into the adjacent lowlands, forming what is now known as the Black Sea.
He and his colleagues are comparing the genomes of the mice from Llullaillaco to their lowland relatives to see if they can identify the animal's high-altitude adaptations.
It's able to grow in both the lush wet lowlands and the dry mountainous regions, which means that farmers can plant crops in any of their seasonal dwellings.