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On outcrops, steep hills, and inselbergs, the plants are subjected to fluctuating moisture, high winds, and temperature extremes.
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On and outcrops
On the seaward side of the promontory are intermittent stretches of rubble linking and utilising natural outcrops of rock and in the south-east corner inner and outer faces, indicating the footings of a wall up to 3. 1m wide.
On level ground they remain creeping, not exceeding 5 – 20 cm height, but on suitable surfaces for climbing, including trees, natural rock outcrops or man-made structures such as quarry rock faces or built masonry and wooden structures, they can climb to at least 30 m above the ground.
On the northeast a patch of Ordovician Pittman Formation greywacke outcrops along Canberra Avenue.
On the northern flanks are outcrops of the Buttermere Formation, olistostrome of disrupted sheared mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.
On the side slopes and benches, the soil is discontinuous, and sandstone outcrops and boulders may cover fifty per cent of the ground surface.
On the larger, foliage-blanketed islands, from which outcrops of rocky mountains extended above the jungles, there was an ever-present, all-pervading scent of rotting vegetation that made breathing miserable.
On outcrops and inselbergs, Pachypodium species root in the clefts, fissures, and crevices of these rocky formations.
On Ordnance Survey maps in Great Britain, cliffs are distinguished from outcrops: cliffs have a continuous line along the top edge with lines protruding down, outcrops have a continuous line around each area of bare rock.
On the shallow soils of rock ledges and outcrops, a maritime therophyte community occurs where typical species include
On and steep
On the Pacific side are steep mountains 1, 500 to 3, 000 meters high, with deep valleys and gorges.
On the peninsula, the eastern line of the Great Rift fault is visible in the steep and, in places, high escarpment that parallels the Red Sea between the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Aden.
On shingle beaches the swash is dissipated because the large particle size allows percolation, so the backwash is not very powerful, and the beach remains steep.
On Feb. 26, 1779, Putnam did his famed escape from the British, riding down a steep slope in Greenwich.
On the sides of the steep river valleys that punctuate the uplands the terrain changes to exposed rock with collected pockets of soil.
* On 9 August, 2012, airfares for flights to New York were erroneously listed at a steep discount ( at $ 400 from the usual $ 1, 600 price ), with at least 5, 000 tickets sold.
On his way out he took along, fashioned like a herd, 249 women, 430 girls and 318 boys, a steep figure considering the relatively low population of the town at that time.
On steep grades the friction between the wheels and the rails cannot apply sufficient adhesion to the train's wheels so as to overcome gravity, and the train is in danger of sliding down the track.
On Bousquet's left, French troops under General Canrobert crossed the river but were unable to move their guns up the steep cliffs.
On summer weekends, crowds of people can be found attempting this steep but straightforward walk.
On that date, British soldiers under the command of General Wolfe, climbed the steep cliff under the city in darkness, surprising and defeating the French, through a single deadly volley of musket fire, causing the battle to be over within 30 minutes.
On March 27, 1814, General Andrew Jackson led troops consisting of 2, 600 American soldiers, 500 Cherokee, and 100 Lower Creek allies up a steep hill near Tohopeka, Alabama.
On a WhiteWater West Boomerango or Family Boomerango, riders are sent down a steep drop and up a steep hill on the other side, before sliding backwards down another path to the end of the slide.
On operations from runway 19R a steep climb may also be required to allow for a power reduction at about 500 – 700 feet for a quieter overflight over the city of Newport Beach.
On the Pennsylvania side ( Mount Minsi ), park at the cold air cave pull-off on Route 611, then follow a steep and strenuous trail up the talus to the cliffs.
On either side, the army was protected by natural obstacles ( in this case, creeks and steep slopes ).
On the island, with its striking steep coast, is a 49 metre high lighthouse with one of the strongest beacons in the Baltic.
On January 2, 2009, Doyle joined the governors of four states in urging the federal government to provide $ 1 trillion in aid to the country's 50 state governments to help pay for education, welfare and infrastructure as states struggled with steep budget deficits amid a deepening recession.
On the Rügen side, the shore is in many places steep, although this is punctuated by lower shorelines with reed beds in some places.
On 5 September 1759, after successfully convincing Montcalm he would attack by the Bay of Beauport east of the city, the British troops crossed close to Cap-Rouge, west of the city, and successfully climbed the steep Cape Diamond undetected.
On the northwest face of the mountain, Adams Glacier cascades down a steep channel in a series of icefalls before spreading out and terminating at around the.
On June 14, 2012 Radio Netherlands Worldwide ( RNW ) announced that it will end its Indonesian and English broadcast services on June 29, 2012 due to steep budgets cuts imposed by the Dutch government and a concomitant change in focus.
On steep slopes they built stone steps resembling giant flights of stairs.
On and hills
On the Sandberg, the Schnaitberg and the Schradenberg hills, all in the west of Aalen, the Eisensandstein ( Iron Sandstone ) formation emerges to the surface.
On the other hills of the city, sands ( Goldshöfer Sande ), gravel and residual rubble prevail.
On September 17, 1923, a major fire swept down the hills toward the University campus and the downtown section.
On the east, the Uva Basin consists of rolling hills covered with grasses, traversed by some deep valleys and gorges.
On four different hills of size HS14, HS23, HS38 and HS62 mixed teams ( couples ) for the first time competed with each other by rules of elimination system.
On 19 July, after taking a few outlying forts, the Ottoman army reached the hills around the city of Corfu and laid siege to it.
On the summits of hills and mountains flourished the cult of the givers of increase, and " under every green tree " was practised the licentiousness which was held to secure abundance of crops.
* We pray for one last landing / On the globe that gave us birth / Let us rest our eyes on the fleecy skies / And the cool, green hills of Earth.
On its northern border to Lothlann were the hills of Himring and the March of Maedhros.
On the east bank there is a large chalk cliff Cliffe Hill that can be seen for many miles, part of the group of hills including Mount Caburn, Malling Down ( where there are a few houses in a wooded area on the hillside, in a development known as Cuilfail ) and Golf Hill ( home to the Lewes Golf Club ).
On the hills of the eastern side of the park there is Stand Wood, which is named after Stand Tower.
On the sandstone hills are spinifex, acacias, eucalypts and grevilleas.
On January 9 he recorded " Our path to-day was sometimes along the edge of a low cliff, sometimes along the beach, till we approached Oamaru point, where it turned inland, and crossed a low range of hills, from which we looked over an extensive plain ...
On the hills and thoroughfares were built large summer " cottages ," including that of the Woolworth family.
On October 5, 1931, Clyde Pangborn and co-pilot Hugh Herndon landed their plane, the Miss Veedol, in the hills of East Wenatchee and became the first to fly non-stop across the Pacific Ocean.
On the west side of the freeway are parks, farms, and a few subdivisions developed in the hills to the west.
On the Koudenberg, one of the highest hills of the community, there is a windmill that is protected by law.
On 31 December 1984, drummer Rick Allen lost his left arm in a car crash on the A57 in the hills outside the band's home city Sheffield, when his Corvette swerved off the road on a sharp bend and went through a drystone wall.
On two hills stood twin castles dominating the town.
On the eve of the festival, huge bonfires, which should be lighted by striking two flints together, blaze on all the hills and knolls.
On the hills and the Apennine mountains, partisan bands were active.
On the ground were few hills and no bodies of water that Alexander could use for protection, and in the autumn the weather was dry and mild.
* Hardly a driver / Is now alive / Who passed / On hills / At 75 / Burma-Shave
* On December 24, 1964, Flying Tiger Line Flight 282, a Lockheed Constellation cargo aircraft departing for New York City, crashed in the hills west of the airport, killing all three crewmembers on board.
On its eastern third, the valley rises steeply into the wooded hills of the Middlesex Fells Reservation, in which lie the North, Middle, and South Reservoirs.
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