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At an altitude of more than 640 meters (2,100 feet), this city on the Castilian plateau, Europe’s highest capital, is scorching in summer, when wilting residents flee for the coast or cooler northern climes, and freezing in winter, when many Madrileños bolt for the Sierra Nevada, just a couple hours south, to ski.
Pearce's New Mexico Place Names as late as 1790 the range was called Sierra Madre and has been called by its present name only since the early nineteenth century.
A. thaliana ecotype Col-0 plants were grown in soil (Scotts-Sierra Horticultural Products Company, Marysville, OH) in 5 cm pots (50 per flat) under fluorescent light 30 W/m 2/s with a 14 h light/10 h dark photoperiod for 3-4 weeks.
This anarchy has so far limited itself to marginal countries--Afghanistan, Sudan, Sierra Leone, etc.--but soon, warns Kaplan, a major nation like Pakistan will collapse.
If you like the adventure of traveling through the jungle, Vallarta Adventure in Puerto Vallarta, offers an extraordinary tour of the Sierra Madre Mountains on board Mercedes Benz all-terrain vehicles (called Unimogs).