In the north-west there are basalt lava flows of the Batoka Formation, strething from south of Bumbusi to the Botswana border.

* The Chesterfield Islands, 550 km to the north-west, are reef outcroppings of the oceanic plateau.

Belgium has three main geographical regions: the coastal plain in the north-west, the central plateau, and the Ardennes uplands in the south-east.

* Chains ( geological site ) a geological site on the north-west plateau of Exmoor, Somerset, England

North of Taihape the road and railway first cross the wide volcanic plateau ( with the volcanoes Mount Ruapehu, Mount Ngauruhoe, and Mount Tongariro ) and the Rangipo Desert before the road reaches Lake Taupo and the more hospitable country beyond Taupo at the north end of the lake, while the railway turns briefly westward through Ohakune on its way to the Raurimu Spiral at the north-west edge of the plateau.

Mahabar Jarimo ( 2, 185 ft ) and Barsot ( 2, 180 ft ) stand in isolation to the east, and on the north-west edge of the plateau Sendraili ( 2, 210 ft ) and Mahuda ( 2, 409 ft ) are the most prominent features.

A large wood lay on the north-west side of the plateau, towards the village of Mosin.

The territory is composed of a broad plateau that slopes gradually to the north and north-west.

They are bordered to the north-west by the Limousin and the Périgord uplands, and to the east by the Aubrac and the Cévennes.

The River Wensum rises near Fakenham in north-west Norfolk and flows south-east and through the centre of the city of Norwich before joining the River Yare just to the east of the city.

It rises about north-west of Brown Willy on Bodmin Moor, not far from one of its tributaries rising at Dozmary Pool and Colliford Lake, passes Lanhydrock House, Restormel Castle and Lostwithiel, then broadens at Milltown before joining the English Channel at Fowey.

In the north-west part of the village, across the railway bridges, the land rises sharply up to Lodge Wood and its hill fort.

The River Chess is a chalk-stream which rises from three springs ; to the north-west along the Pednor Vale at Frogmoor, at Higham Mead to the north of the town, and to the west near the Amersham Road which converge in the town near to East Street.

To the north-west of the lake rises the Old Man of Coniston, the highest fell in the Coniston Fells group.

It rises near Rylstone and flows generally north-west past Mudgee it flows past the edge of Gulgong and then into Lake Burrendong which is created by Burrendong Dam on the Macquarie River.

The Bogan River rises at Goonumbla, 19 kilometres north-west of Parkes and flows in a generally north-north-westerly direction past Tottenham, Peak Hill and through Nyngan.

Hucknall is situated seven miles ( 11 kilometres ) north-west of Nottingham on the west bank of the Leen Valley, on land which rises from the Trent Valley in the south to the hills of the county north of Kirkby-in-Ashfield.

The land rises to the Hokonui Hills 13 km to the north-west, while to the east is a series of hills.

The Dent Blanche has four steep faces rising over four glaciers: The north-east face ( also called north face ) rises above the Grand Cornier Glacier ( part of the Zinal Glacier ), the south-east face rises above the Schönbiel Glacier ( part of the Zmutt Glacier ), the south-west face rises above the Manzettes Glacier ( part of the Ferpècle Glacier ) and, finally, the north-west face of Dent Blanche rises above the homonym glacier.

The sharp-edged rim is not significantly eroded, and has a narrow inner wall ; it is 2 – 3 times higher on the north-west than on the east where it rises by about 820 meters.

Directly north-west, Affetside Moor rises to a height of more than 900 ft above sea level and a little further north Top of Quarlton and Holcombe Moor dominate the skyline.

Beyond the peninsula, to the north-west, the ground rises up again to Castland Hill and its neighbour Meickle Hill, between which the road runs inland through the narrow valley to Dunfermline.

Ripacandida rises from the rock on which you can enjoy the scenery as far as the eye can see, huge and impressive, while walking through the narrow streets of the main street, peering in the direction of the Vulture can be seen in all her radiant beauty, especially in light of the reddish clear summer sunsets, this mountain almost " magic " that dominates the landscape to north-west.

It rises in north-western Afghanistan and runs north-west towards the Murghab District, which takes it name from the river, and then the Kara Kum desert in Turkmenistan, where it peters out.

The river rises in country east of Mount Dale and flows north-west to Mundaring Weir, where it is dammed.

It rises at an elevation of 1200 m in the Ligurian Apennines on the north-west slopes of Monte Lama ( near Monte Menegosa ), within the commune of Morfasso.

The river rises within the Budderoo National Park about north-west of Illawarra Lookout.

The highway presses north-west and rises gently over the Niagara Escarpment, a World Biosphere Reserve.

Its well-defined north-west escarpment rises about 700 m above the north-eastern extremity of the Luangwa Valley, and its similarly prominent south-east escarpment rises about 1000 m above the South Rukuru River valley.

Situated 12 miles ( 20 km ) north-west of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise on the D71 road between Hesdin and Fruges

The rest of Kenilworth Castle's interior is divided into three areas: the base court, stretching between Mortimer's Tower and Leicester's gatehouse ; the left-hand court, stretching south-west around the outside of the inner court ; and the right-hand court, to the north-west of the inner court.

Lausanne is connected to the A1 motorway on its west side ( Geneva-Zurich axis ) and to the A9 on its north and east side ( for transit with Italy and France ); the interchange between these two motorways is on the north-west side of the city.

At the end of the 1998 – 99 season, second tiers were added to the East and West Stands, raising capacity to around 67, 000, and between July 2005 and May 2006, 8, 000 more seats were added via second tiers in the north-west and north-east quadrants.

A sub-population of devils in the north-west of the state is genetically distinct from other devils, but there is some exchange between the two groups.

The wealthy north-west region of the upper city ( Sainte-Adresse and Dollemard ) is the highest in altitude ( between 90 and 115 metres.

The lake region is noted for a vast number of hot springs, which are widely distributed between the Himalaya and 34 ° N., but are most numerous to the west of Tengri Nor ( north-west of Lhasa ).

Erech became temporarily viewed as the landing-place of Isildur and was consequently moved from the sources of Morthond, first in between the mouths of Anduin and Lamedui, then to north-west of the Cobas Haven, and finally returned to its original site with the abandonment of this idea.

If the air masses are strong enough in their respective areas during the summer there can sometimes be a massive difference in temperature between the far north / north-west of Scotland ( including the Islands ) and south-east of England-usually around 10-15 ° C ( 18-27 ° F ) but can be as much as 20 ° C ( 36 ° F ) or more.

The Wrythe, or Wrythe Green, lies between Carshalton village to the south and St Helier to the north-west.

Kilburn is an area of north-west London, England, which is divided between three London Boroughs: most of Kilburn is in Brent or Camden, but a small part is in Westminster.

Running roughly north-west to south-east, it forms the boundary between the London boroughs of Camden to the east and Brent to the west.

The Smithdon High School ( formerly known as Hunstanton Secondary Modern School ) is an early building designed by the architects Peter and Alison Smithson, built between 1949 and 1954 and of international architectural significance and a quite extraordinarily radical building to have been commissioned in north-west Norfolk.

Lleida is located in the western part of Catalonia and in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula, between Barcelona and Madrid, and borders on France and Andorra to the north.

The source of the Wensum lies between the villages of Colkirk and Whissonsett in north-west Norfolk.

She grew up in north-west London, attending the Yehudi Menuhin School on a scholarship as a weekly boarder between the ages of 8 and 18, where her fellow pupils included Nigel Kennedy.

The Park is split between three civil parishes: Castleknock to the north-west, Chapelizod to the south and St James ' to the north.

The canal essentially follows river valleys, shadowing the course of tributaries, to break through the watershed between the Trent and Severn north-west of Wolverhampton, at the Aldersley Gap, a minor glacial feature turned to advantage by Brindley.

* Stirling is a historic town in central Scotland, some 30 miles to the north-west of Edinburgh, and is generally known as the " Gateway to the Highlands ", due to its geographical position between highland and lowland Scotland.

Large groups of seals can be seen at the north of Stroma, from the lighthouse round to the north-west part of the island and at the south end in the area of the beacon and to the east between the old jetty and the lighthouse.

There is Ikoma Mountains in the north-west forming a border line between Osaka, then the Nara Basin laid out next to it in the east, where the highest population of Nara Prefecture concentrates.

Thus they make Merv a sort of watch tower over the entrance into Afghanistan on the north-west and at the same time create a stepping-stone or étape between north-east Persia and the states of Bokhara and Samarkand.

The municipality of Priboj is located between municipality of Čajetina in the north, municipality of Nova Varoš in the east, municipality of Prijepolje in the south-east, border with Montenegro in the south-west, and border with Bosnia and Herzegovina in the north-west.

The Gran Paradiso () is a mountain in the Graian Alps located between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions of north-west Italy.