1.   Mountains rose steeply on all sides.

2.   The mountains rise above the plains.

3.   As darkness fell and the mountains rose higher, we grew frustrated in our search for the elusive mountain research center.

4.   Big whaleback mountains rise on every hand.

5.   But I noticed on a map of western Panama that the mountains there rose steeply and swiftly up from the flat, humid coastal lowlands.

6.   But the traditional system of evacuating the coastline is not enough in the Caribbean and Central America, where rugged mountains rise almost at the edge of the ocean.

7.   For a decade, Mrs. Paden, a retired roller-skating teacher, has seen the mountain slowly rise, built of countless truckloads of trash.

8.   For hours, as we headed for Portland, dark mountains rose on either side, with little sign of civilization.

9.   Garbage mountains rise in Latin America and Africa as well.

10.   In fact, most of Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park is deserted, white granite mountains rising above alpine forests, vivid blue lakes and rushing streams.