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Many south-facing ridges of the mountains of the Western U. S. have a lower treeline than the northern faces because of increased sun exposure and aridity.
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The Hill O Many Stanes is a south-facing hillside ( at ) in Mid Clyth, about south of Wick in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, which has about 200 upright stones, none more than a metre high, set out in rows running approximately north and south with the incline.
Many of these sit high up on south-facing bluffs above the river.
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Many species have ridges in their horns for at least two-thirds the length of their horns, but these ridges are not a direct indicator of age.
Many of these routes, hammered by countless hoofs instinctively following watersheds and the crests of ridges in avoidance of lower places ' summer muck and winter snowdrifts, were followed by the Indians as courses to hunting grounds and as warriors ' paths.
Many areas below this old shoreline are flat clay plains, with occasional outcrops of gneiss or limestone ridges.
* Volcanic subglacial ridges: Many subglacial volcanoes create ridgelike formations when lava erupts through a thick glacier or ice sheet.
Many of the flows have distinctive morphologies, consisting of long, sinuous ridges with discontinuous central lava channels.
Many cirques, U-shaped valleys and moraines and jagged ridges and summits bear the evidence of the glacial erosion.
Many bogs, ponds, and reservoirs lie cupped between trap rock ridge shelves, demonstrating the value of these ridges as important aquifers and wetland ecosystem habitats.
Many peaks are over 6000 ft high, but the greatest altitudes are attained in the central ridges on the borders of León, Asturias, Palencia and Cantabria.
Many routes follow ridges and traverse moderate slopes and benchlands, while others climb steep slopes.
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Many of the Aegean Islands, or chains of islands, are actually extensions of the mountains on the mainland.
Many of the scuba diving tours come to this area as well, where there are sunken ships, sea mountains, and cave rock formations.
Many of the higher mountains in the territory's south-west are snow-covered for at least part of the winter.
Many deserts are formed by rain shadows, as mountains block the path of moisture and precipitation to the desert.
Many of the mountains are large shield volcanoes that range in size from 150 – 400 km in diameter and 2 – 4 km high.
Many of these insurgents managed to escape to the mountains where they formed independent maroon communities.
Many animal species live in the mountains surrounding the Dead Sea.
Many Greeks either fled to other European nations or to geographically isolated areas ( i. e. mountains and heavily forested territories ) in order to escape foreign rule.
Many later passage tombs were constructed at the tops of hills or mountains, indicating that their builders intended them to be seen from a great distance.
Many of the Muslim elite, including Granada's former Emir Muhammad XII, who had been given the area of the Alpujarras mountains as a principality, found life under Christian rule intolerable and emigrated to Tlemcen in North Africa.
Many mountains and mountain ranges throughout the world have been left in their natural state, and are today primarily used for recreation, while others are used for logging, mining, grazing, or see little use.
Many desert areas have limestone hills or mountains within them or close to them that can be exploited as groundwater resources.
Many of the Indians left to join other tribes in the mountains ; only a few Indians remained at the Mission.
Many leaders of Palestinian groups lived in luxurious accommodations throughout the Eastern Bloc, Europe, or various Arab states, especially Syria, Iraq, and Libya Jibril uniquely insisted on living in a specially designed security bunker in the Lebanon mountains, a hilly terrain that was more attuned to the image of a guerrilla leader than Arafat's mansions in Tunis.
Many mountains in the Highlands region are between 1250 – 1500 feet ( 375 – 450 m ).
Many of the 4, 000-foot mountains of New Hampshire are within the county.
Many other places in the Newcastle area get their names from other sources, ' The Brandy Pad ', a popular spot in the mountains is named so because of the illegal brandy smuggling that took place through the area.
Many early pioneers arrived via seagoing steamers, others arrived from across the mountains.
Many of these were caught by the fires and killed ; the remainder were forced to escape to their fortresses in the mountains.
Many cave paintings are found in the Tassili n ' Ajjer mountains in southeast Algeria.
Many rivers cut valleys through the mountains.
Many times set in forbidding locales such as jungles, deserts, or mountains.
Many of the great Himalayan mountains are respected as sacred.
Many of Zendikar's residents must fight against the land itself as mountains become alive and forests move.
Many of them are well sheltered by mountains nearby, as Hong Kong is a mountainous place.
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Many of them, moreover, are beginning to complain about the scarcity of Western amusements and to ridicule the old life of the bazaar merchant, the mullah, and the peasant.
Many of the features of the homes are the latest modern devices in American homes, but an interesting blend of cultures finds us using Japanese artfulness in our own Western architecture at the same time that the Japanese are adopting Western utility patterns.
Many of his writings, prayers and letters are extant, and his discourses with the Western Bahá ' ís emphasize the growth of the faith by the late 1890s.
Many battles of the Western Front in the First World War were intentionally ( Verdun ) or unintentionally ( Somme ) attrition battles.
Many Allied operations in the Western Desert and on the Eastern Front relied on massive concentrations of firepower to establish breakthroughs by fast-moving armoured units.
Many of the population of the Western hemisphere could broadly be described as cultural Christians, due to the predominance of the Christian faith in Western culture, as well as widely celebrated religious holidays such as Easter and Christmas.
Many of the Germanic people that filled the power vacuum left by the Western Roman Empire in the Early Middle Ages codified their laws.
Many games, including card games, are fabricated by science fiction authors and screenwriters to distance a culture depicted in the story from present-day Western culture.
Many Islamic scholars and modern Western academics do not view Uzair as " Ezra "; for example Professor Gordon Darnell Newby associates Uzair with Enoch and Metatron.
Many such homelands are found across Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.
Many reasons have been cited for the obscurity of Western classical music in India, a country rich in its musical heritage by its own right, however the two main reasons are an utter lack of exposure and a passive disinterest in what is considered esoteric at best.
Many attempts to popularize Western classical music in India have failed in the past due to disinterest and lack of sustained efforts.
Many aspects of Judaism have also directly or indirectly influenced secular Western ethics and civil law.
Many Western politicians courted president Tubman.
Many Western countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, and eventually Italy condemned Libya for the brutal crackdown on the dissidents.
Many from outside the Western United States pronounce it with the vowel of " father ".
Many Western Australian schools have been using some form of OBE for K-10 students for several years.
Many Western European companies have established their Polish headquarters in Poznań, or in the nearby towns of Tarnowo Podgórne and Swarzędz.
Many have spoken out for the right of Jewish women to pray aloud and read from the Torah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the Women of the Wall group.
Many of the stories take place in the semiarid landscapes of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico, so a popular setting was the Tabernas Desert in the Province of Almeria in southeastern Spain, at the studios of Texas Hollywood, Mini Hollywood, and Western Leone.
Many well-known historical figures who influenced Western science considered themselves Christian such as Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Boyle.
Many critics and audiences have likened the film to a modern Western, while many others dispute this, or liken it to a crime novel that revolves around mistaken identity plot devices.
Many cloth shops located on Wing On Street, also known as Cloth Alley, were moved to the Western Market while Eu Yan Sang, a traditional Chinese medicine shop, was moved near the Stag Building to continue business.
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