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picacho

(pɪˈkɑːtʃəʊ)
n, pl -chos
(Physical Geography) a pointed solitary mountain or peak
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"We joke that our hiking will save the world," she writes of their regular jaunts up Picacho Peak, "but I know it's saving me from myself, from my obsessive fears and imaginary ailments."
Center for Asian and African Studies, El Colegio de Mexico, A.C., Carretera Picacho Ajusco No.
2013, three people were killed and at least 12 were injured after a dust storm led to multiple crashes on I-10 between Phoenix and Tucson, authorities said. Television footage showed that several vehicles and tractor-trailers smashed into each other near Picacho Peak in south-central Arizona.
This year's USD5,000 grant recipients were: Brianna McLaughlin at Prince Elementary School in Tucson; Margaret Mander at Picacho Elementary School in Picacho; Duane Yazzie at Tsehootsooi School in Fort Defiance; Aaron Whiting at Taylor Intermediate School in Snowflake; and Trinka Hall at Canon School in Black Canyon City.
Simulation of Transient Ground water flow and land subsidence in the picacho Basin, centeal Arizona, USGS.
Home range and habitat use of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Picacho Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona.