One of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summer and autumn, it features a prominent asterism known as the Northern Cross ( in contrast to the Southern Cross ).

A cultural definition of Europe as the lands of Latin Christendom coalesced in the 8th century, signifying the new cultural condominium created through the confluence of Germanic traditions and Christian-Latin culture, defined partly in contrast with Byzantium and Islam, and limited to northern Iberia, the British Isles, France, Christianized western Germany, the Alpine regions and northern and central Italy.

The industrial revolution changed a mainly rural society into an urban one, but with a strong contrast between northern and southern Belgium.

The lush, green vegetation along the Mediterranean coast and surrounding the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel and southern Syria stands in marked contrast to the arid landscape elsewhere.

In contrast, the larger, northern part of Ontario is sparsely populated.

The island is characterized by the contrast between the eastern two-thirds, consisting mostly of rugged mountains running in five ranges from the northern to the southern tip of the island, and the flat to gently rolling Chianan Plains in the west that are also home to most of Taiwan's population.

Most buildings are in the Romanesque style, although some dormitories, engineering buildings, and physical sciences labs are of various Modernist styles ( especially two large Brutalist dormitories at the campus ' northern edge ) that sharply contrast with the predominantly red-brick campus.

This is in contrast to northern pike which have dark bodies with light markings.

In contrast, the northern part of the county is predominately small hills and valleys.

It has often been equated with antipodean identity, the contrast to the white swan of the northern hemisphere indicating ' Australianness '.

In contrast to females, some male northern bottlenose whales have been repeatedly recorded together over several years, and possibly form long-term associations.

Many of these immigrants were from northern Italy, in contrast to the majority of Italian immigrants to America during this same time period that hailed from southern Italy.

In the center of Almaty, like any large city, there is a " heat island " – average daily temperature contrast between the northern and southern suburbs of the city is 3. 8 % and 0. 8 ° C ( 1. 4 ° F ) in the coldest and 2. 2 % and 2. 6 ° C ( 4. 7 ° F ) in the hottest five days.

This was in sharp contrast with some of the northern Indian Rajas.

In contrast to Hindustani music of the northern part of India, Carnatic music is taught and learned through compositions, which encode many intricate musical details, also providing scope for free improvisation.

By contrast the northern end proved not to be as successful initially ; being exposed to the commercial activity of the lower street, it lost its fashionability as a quiet enclave of grand townhouses, whilst also being too far away from the commercial core of the city to stand as a strong retail location.

In contrast to most of Montenegro, Podgorica lies in a mainly flat area at the northern end of the Zeta plain.

The northern area, the so-called Göhrde and the Drawehn, are by contrast mostly wooded like the southern ridge of end moraine.

Greece ( as well as Cyprus ), also polled as, ostensibly, one of the most religious countries in Europe, according to Eurostat ; however, while the church has wide respect as a moral and cultural institution, a contrast in religious belief with Protestant northern Europe is more obvious than one with Catholic Mediterranean Europe.

By contrast, the Dörbets who moved to the northern part of the Stavropol province were called Ike ( Greater ) Dörbet even though their population was smaller.

In contrast, the northern Italian theatre was very active.

Also in contrast, Danish traditional music has a more prominent guitar than the northern neighbors.

In contrast, attestations of the Welsh word for pine marten ( bele ), date back at least to the 10th century Welsh Laws and possibly much earlier in northern England.

Connecticut's rural areas and small towns in the northeast and northwest corners of the state contrast sharply with its industrial cities, located along the coastal highways from the New York border to New London, then northward up the Connecticut River to Hartford.

The contrast between traditional and modern transport in Eritrea. This article summarizes characteristics of a number of forms of transport in the coastal African nation of Eritrea.

Mount Gimie, the highest peak, is located in the central mountain range and rises to above sea level, a contrast that is also evident in the abrupt climatic transition from coastal to inland areas.

The region, which was characterised until recently by an acute contrast between internal and coastal areas also under the economic aspect, in the last decade has shown an improvement thanks to the development of the provinces of Benevento and Avellino.

The territory of the former province shows a stark contrast between some densely populated areas ( coastal plains as well as metropolitan area of Toulouse in the interior ) where density is between 150 inhabitants per km² / 390 inh.

In India, the Indian Coast Guard is armed forces of union, under ministry of defence and, in contrast with some coast guard units, resembles a naval coastal defence force.

In Breton ( which with Welsh and Cornish belongs to the Brythonic branch of Insular Celtic languages ), " on sea " is war vor ( Welsh ar y môr ), though the older form arvor is used to refer to the coastal regions of Brittany, in contrast to argoad ( ar " on / at ", coad " forest " ar goed ( coed " trees ") for the inland regions.

In contrast the HBC was seeing increasing profits with coastal exports of salmon and lumber to Pacific markets such as Hawaii.

Also known as Batik Pedalaman ( inland batik ) in contrast with Batik Pesisiran ( coastal batik ).

In the context of macroeconomics, it is connected to the freshwater school of macroeconomics, in contrast to the saltwater school based in coastal universities ( notably Harvard, MIT, and Berkeley ).

The climate of the town is characterized by a great contrast between summer and winter temperatures in comparison with the coastal Primorye.

The city has an average of six days of snow per year, which is a contrast to coastal cities of Galicia which have not received snow in modern times.

In 2009, the U. S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) released a report on polybrominated diphenyl ethers ( PBDEs ) and found that, in contrast to earlier reports, they were found throughout the U. S. coastal zone.

The sea around the village is unusually clear, in contrast to the more silt-laden coastal waters further to the north or south.

In Afrikaans Boland means " up land " or " the higher land " or " the land above " ( i. e. in contrast to the low coastal areas of the original Dutch settlement at the Cape ).

The boom in wine tourism has been a key driver, and while winter is popular, the region benefits from being a cool contrast to coastal humidity in the summer.

The central importance of females in the quilombos stands in stark contrast to the patriarchal society experienced in the coastal colonies by their Portuguese counterparts.

In the most common usage, β strand refers to a single continuous stretch of amino acids adopting an extended conformation and involved in backbone hydrogen bonds to at least one other strand ; by contrast, a β sheet refers to an assembly of at least two such β strands that are hydrogen-bonded ( or H-bonded ) to each other.

From there to the St. Gotthard the divide runs north-east, all the higher summits ( including the Monte Leone, 3, 533 metres, and the Pizzo Rotondo, 3, 192 m ) rising on it, a curious contrast to the long stretch just described.

In contrast to K < sub > a </ sub >, which is a measure of how much energy is needed to stretch the bilayer, K < sub > b </ sub > is a measure of how much energy is needed to bend or flex the bilayer.

Elastins, in contrast to collagens, give elasticity to tissues, allowing them to stretch when needed and then return to their original state.

In contrast, the Deborah number should be used to describe flows with a non-constant stretch history, and physically represents the rate at which elastic energy is stored or released.

Similarly, Auchmannoch Avenue ran from its cul-de-sac near Dalfoil Court to Buchlyvie Road where it formed a T-junction-the stretch between Buchlyvie Road and Penilee Road was a later addition, as characterised by the modern brick construction of the houses in contrast to the traditional sandstone that is common in Ralston.

In contrast to Lexington Avenue, the five-block stretch of Irving Place, from 14th to 20th Street at Gramercy Park carries two-way traffic and is decidedly local in nature.

" In contrast, the Giants ' run from 1997 through 2003 produced the most playoff appearances in that stretch for the franchise since the 1930s.