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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
Noun
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The images revealed that Mars' southern highlands rise almost four miles higher than the smooth and flat northern lowlands.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Additionally, alpacas are native to the highlands of South America, where temperatures fluctuate rapidly within the day.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The expansive preserve is known for its forested uplands, canyon rims, boulders, sandstone cliffs, breathtaking bluffs, and mesmerizing waterfalls.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 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
Noun
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And that erosion took place across a pretty significant distance, as the buttes extend hundreds of kilometers away from the present highlands.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
20 Jan. 2025
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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
Noun
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The Summit is the only cave hotel in Texas, and there are stargazing domes and two casitas on site, too.—
Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2025
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Pointing at the dome, the group noted the word noor, or light, written in Arabic.—
Ahmed Ali Akbar,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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 22 Feb. 2025.
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