La Palabra Del Día "altiplano"
altiplano ( ahl-tee-PLAH-noh )
(noun) altiplano, high plateau, high plain
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Examples:
1: Lo que más me gustó de nuestro viaje a Sudamérica fue visitar el altiplano boliviano.
Visiting the Bolivian altiplano was what I liked best about our trip to South America.
2: El lago Titicaca se encuentra en el altiplano andino.
Lake Titicaca is located on the Andean high plain.
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This is the altiplano in Bolivia near Potosi at about 4000 metres..
Este es el altiplano en Bolivia cerca de Potosí a unos 4000 metros.
These are the people who live there. / Estas son las personas que viven allí.
Viajando en Italia podemos ver los altiplanos fantásticos , los ciudades maravillosos y el mar por que no podemos hallar atributo suficientemente bueno.
Traveling in Italy we can see the fantastic high plateaus, the wonderful cities and the sea for which we can not find a good enough attribute.
Conducir por el altiplano de los Estados Unidos después de un rato se vuelve hipnótico. Nada pero carretera, tierra plana, y cielo hasta donde alcance la vista.
Driving through the high plains of the United States can become hypnotizing after a while. Nothing but highway, flat land, and sky as far as the eye can see.
Este tipo protagonizado por Clint Eastwood vagaba alrededor del altiplano.
This guy portrayed by Clint Eastwood wandered around the high plain.
En el altiplano de los Alpes australianos hay muchos tipos de flores silvestres, mis favoritos son las flores de paja.
In the altiplano of the Australian alps there are many types of wild flowers, my favorites are the straw flowers
El altiplano de los Estados Unidos está indicado por 13d en el mapa cerca del centro del país.
The High Plains of the United States are indicated by 13d on the map near the center of the country.
La Montaña de la Tabla es una denominación impropia; actualmente es un altiplano grande.
Table Mountain is a misnomer; it is actually a large high plateau.
Está cerca de donde crecí.
This is close by where I grew up.
Encontraba Encontré el Arca de Noé en un altiplano pero entonces lo perdí.
I found Noah's Ark on a high plateau but then I lost it.
Thanks, Ken, for the correction. 
Me pregunto si hay versión subtitulado de "High Plains Drifter"("Vagabundo del altoplano").
En poblaciones que han vivido en el altiplano andino durante miles de años, la selección natural ha causado un aumento en la frecuencia de genes que ayudan al pueblo a sobrevivir.
In populations that have lived in the Andean altiplano for thousands of years, natural selection has caused an increase in the frequency of genes that help the people survive.
On a high plateau, the only way to get off is the way you came up.
-American proverb
En un altiplano, la única manera de bajar es lo que ocurrió.
-proverbio Americano
