Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu' has mentioned 'Mountain' in the following places:
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| Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, on a 2,430-meter (7,970xc2xa0ft) mountain ridge. | WIKI |
| The Urubamba River flows past it, cutting through the Cordillera and creating a canyon with a tropical mountain climate. | WIKI |
| [14] Thus the name of the site is sometimes interpreted as "old mountain". | WIKI |
| These terraces were a work of considerable engineering, built to ensure good drainage and soil fertility while also protecting the mountain itself from erosion and landslides. | WIKI |
| It was shown that the topsoil was probably moved from the valley floor to the terraces because it was much better than the soil higher up the mountain. | WIKI |
| At the top of the mountain, they came across a small hut occupied by a couple of Quechua, Richard and Alvarez, who were farming some of the original Machu Picchu agricultural terraces that they had cleared four years earlier. | WIKI |
| [44] It is 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Cusco, on the crest of the mountain Machu Picchu, located about 2,430 meters (7,970 feet) above mean sea level, over 1,000 meters (3,300xc2xa0ft) lower than Cusco, which has an elevation of 3,400 meters (11,200xc2xa0ft). | WIKI |
| The city sits in a saddle between the two mountains Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu,[29] with a commanding view down two valleys and a nearly impassable mountain at its back. | WIKI |
| In 2005 and 2009, the University of Arkansas made detailed laser scans of the entire site and of the ruins at the top of the adjacent Huayna Picchu mountain. | WIKI |
| The section of the mountain where Machu Picchu was built provided various challenges that the Incas solved with local materials. | WIKI |
| Terraces were layered with stone chips, sand, dirt, and topsoil, to absorb water and prevent it from running down the mountain. | WIKI |
| Panoramic view of Machu Picchu from Machu Picchu mountain surrounded by the Urubamba River | WIKI |
| Recognized for outstanding cultural and natural values, the mixed World Heritage property covers 32,592 hectares of mountain slopes, peaks and valleys surrounding its heart, the spectacular archaeological monument of xe2x80x9cLa Ciudadelaxe2x80x9d (the Citadel) at more than 2,400 meters above sea level. | UNESCO |
| The working of the mountain, at the foot of the Huaya Picchu, is the exceptional result of integration with its environment, the result from a gigantic effort as if it were an extension of nature. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (vii): The historic monuments and features in the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu are embedded within a dramatic mountain landscape of exceptional scenic and geomorphological beauty thereby providing an outstanding example of a longstanding harmonious and aesthetically stunning relationship between human culture and nature. | UNESCO |
| The visual ensemble linking the main archaeological site of the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu with its striking mountain environment remains mostly intact. | UNESCO |