Outdoor diving typically takes place from cliffs or other rock formations either into fresh or salt water.

Bound at either end by rocky cliffs, the Omaha Beach crescent presented a gently sloping tidal area averaging 300 yards ( 275 m ) between low and highwater marks.

In the case of the bee-eaters the nests are burrows dug into the ground, either into the sides of earth cliffs or directly into level ground.

Many species nest either on cliffs or on level ground but prefer cliffs, however the Böhm's Bee-eater always nests on level ground.

The town has a long beach facing the cold North Sea, with large cliffs at either end sheltering small rock pools and inlets.

The eastern end of the High Weald, the English Channel coast, is marked in the centre by the high sandstone cliffs from Hastings to Pett Level ; and by former sea cliffs now fronted by the Pevensey and Romney Marshes on either side.

The city's geographical position was highly advantageous, as it was situated around a natural rocky harbour which was surrounded by inland swamps and high cliffs on the seaward side, making the city very difficult to attack from either land or sea.

The entrance to the river from the sea is a rocky entrance with cliffs either side.

The remaining coast is either rocky ( with cliffs on Howth Head, for example ) or mud coming up to sea walls.

They nest from October to December in colonies on the coast, either on islands or rocky headlands, cliffs and beaches.

To complete puzzles, players must either push pillars to construct negotiable paths between elevated areas, climb up and rappel down cliffs, or obtain a special item to progress through the story and game world.

However, unlike V Beach, the Lancashires were able to get ashore and, although suffering horrendous losses managed to break through the wire entanglements and reach the cliffs on either side of the beach where the companies were reformed before storming the defending trenches.

On either side were steep rocky cliffs, with Dingle Point to the south west.

Both date from the 2nd Century AD, and would have been similar in design lighting the cliffs either side of the Roman Port of Dubris.

Cook described the cape as having steep white cliffs on either side, with two large rocks resembling hay stacks near the headland.

The almost sheer cliffs of Goat Rock are virtually impossible to scale or to circumnavigate ; in fact, signage is posted prohibiting either activity.

Between Malari and Tapovan, it is almost a narrow gorge with perpendicular cliffs on either side.

above the falls, the Churchill River narrowed to and negotiated a series of rapids before dropping into MacLean Canyon, from which sheer cliffs rise several hundred feet on either side.

Four types of sites are described in the survey classified as either open sites situated on rock terraces ; talus sites on broken material below cliffs ; shelter sites in protected areas under overhanging cliffs ; and cliff sites beneath ledges or in caves and canyon walls.

At the Grottos climbing cliffs eight miles ( 14. 4 km ) to the west, a short trail leads to an area along the river known as the Devil's Punchbowl, with high stone cliffs on either side and waterfalls.

This islet was a volcanic rock surrounded by cliffs which made it inaccessible to humans, but in 1830 the islet submerged after a volcanic eruption, and the birds moved to the nearby island of Eldey, which was accessible from a single side.

The Palisades are a line of steep cliffs on the lower west side of the Hudson River.

The Barn features cliffs on the side that faces the sea.

The cavernous underground temple, cut into the rock cliffs on the eastern side of the Nile, was admired and called the Speos Artemidos by the Greeks during their occupation of Egypt, known as the Ptolemaic Dynasty.

The Arakhtu, or " river of Babylon ," flowed past the southern side of the city, and to the southwest of it on the Arabian bank lay the great inland freshwater sea of Najaf, surrounded by red sandstone cliffs of considerable height, in length and 35 in breadth in the widest part.

The main feature of Table Mountain is the level plateau approximately from side to side, edged by impressive cliffs.

Because of the steep cliffs around the summit, direct ascents from the city side are limited.

Sark Lighthouse is located on the side of cliffs at Point Robert, at the north east of the island, and guides vessels passing through the Channel Islands away from Blanchard Rock, which lies several miles to the east.

On the eastern side of the Wash, one finds low chalk cliffs with their famous stratum of red chalk, at Hunstanton, and gravel pits ( lagoons ) at Snettisham RSPB reserve, which are an important roost for waders at high tide.

It is a small crescent shaped range, with a high point some 750 m above sea level, running roughly north south with steep cliffs on the eastern side sloping more gradually down to the plane in the west.

The park is along the coast on the west side of King George Sound and consists of a range of cliffs, gullies, blowholes, beaches and promontories.

The mountain is a volcanic dome, roughly circular in plan with tall cliffs on the southern side.

On the Island itself, it is mainly dominated by forest, with cliffs on the eastern side.

On the north west side of Lake Taupo on the cliffs of Mine Bay, there are Māori rock carvings created in the late 1970s by Matahi Whakataka-Brightwell and John Randall.

Located at the tip of the cape, it was protected on three sides by cliffs and from the land side by a 25-metre-high burgwall.

The reserve is also a good place to observe sea birds ; fulmars nest on the old quarry cliffs at the north side of the reserve.

The cliffs on the north side of the gorge are owned by The National Trust.

# " Mount Sinai ", the high hill on the way to the village of Morality, whose side " that was next the way side, did hang so much over ," is the red, sandy, cliffs just north of Ridgmont ( i. e. " Rouge Mont ");

The cliffs can be seen in the left hand side of the sat photo.

Its site, with sheer cliffs on one side and a natural valley on the other, afforded an excellent defensive location.

To the north of the town, the Wye passes through a limestone gorge, and there are limestone cliffs at Chepstow both north and south of the town centre and on the opposite ( east ) side of the river.