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The hillsides are in some places so steep that the ascent from the lower to the upper town has to be effected by flights of steps and the second or third storey of one house is often on a level with the ground storey of the next.
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This is because they are Umbria areas, situated in the north hillsides or slopes of the mountainous areas, oriented behind the sun in the northern hemisphere, in the shadyside orographic.
Appear mostly occupying favorable areas named geographically Umbrias, this is north hillsides or slopes of the mountainous areas that are oriented behind the sun, be cause the islands are in the northern hemisphere, between 600 and 1500 meters, thus benefiting from the humidity provided by the trade winds to form such a sea of clouds.
A widely-seen example is the destruction of hillsides as footpaths are eroded by excessive numbers of visitors.
Seasonal drought intensifies in the Siwaliks hills consisting of poorly-consolidated, coarse, highly permeable sediments that do not retain water, so hillsides are covered with tropical scrub forest that is extremely drought-tolerant.
Sidehill gougers are North American folkloric creatures adapted to living on hillsides by having legs on one side of their body shorter than the legs on the opposite side ( trapping the beast in an endless circular, uphill path.
The Grand crus of Chablis are planted on hillsides composed of Kimmeridgian marl, limestone and chalk.
Rain forests are concentrated on the steep hillsides along a slender north-south axis bordering the east coast, from the Tsaratanana Massif in the north to Tolagnaro in the south.
The plants thrive best in hot, damp and humid locations, such as the clearings of forests ; but the leaves most preferred are obtained in drier areas, on the hillsides.
For example, in areas such as the Lincolnshire Wolds, the villages are often found along the spring line halfway down the hillsides, and originate as spring line settlements, with the original open field systems around the village.
The houses along the main roads endured as the original terraces from Bacup's industrial age, but behind these, on the hillsides, are several council estates.
At Kohima and Imphal in the remote hillsides of North East India, Services of Remembrance supported by the Indian Army are observed at Kohima and Imphal War Cemeteries ( maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission ).
The underlying geology is mostly sandstone and shale, including " redbed " shale that presents a severe slip hazard when structures are built over it on hillsides.
However, there are safe zones above sandstone beds, most notably the Connelsville Sandstone that outcrops high on the hillsides.
Some steep hillsides reflect rapid changes in elevation but are usually confined to the nature of one sided hills.
Kangaroos are common among the open hillsides with abundant grasses.
The hillsides are steep, layered with rock and limestone while the valleys still hold soil deposited here from the receding glaciers.
The vineyards that produce port wine are common along the hillsides that flank the valley of the River Douro in northern Portugal
The hillsides that rise up from the lake are terraced and planted with wheat, potatoes, and vegetables.
The highest point of the island is 4, 050 meters above sea level and the main village is at 3, 950 m. Pre-Inca ruins are found on the highest part of the island, and agricultural terraces on hillsides.
Vineyards are often on hillsides and on soil of marginal value to other plants.
Most species live in forests or woodland habitats, although a few species are known to live in treeless areas such as rocky hillsides and deserts.
Whistled languages are normally found in locations with difficult mountainous terrain, slow or difficult communication, low population density and / or scattered settlements, and other isolating features such as shepherding and cultivation of hillsides.
There is evidence of human habitation in the area since prehistoric times and there are significant Iberian ruins on the hillsides nearby.
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Cretzschmar's Bunting breeds on sunny open hillsides, with some bushes.
All around are natural hillsides, rich with life forms — some of them rare.
Potatoes, chilis, apples and other cash crops are grown by farmers on the valley floor, along terraced hillsides, and in some of the more accessible side valleys.
These are veritable oasis enclaved in the rocks ; arid hillsides and some terraces where horticulture is possible.
The area is characterized by hillside houses with swimming pools, and some condominiums ( the latter often jut out from steep hillsides, perched on stilts ).
The lynchets or terraces which score some of the hillsides are said to be the work of primitive early farmers and agriculturists.
: We would often see kyangs by the thousand spread over the hillsides and looking inquisitively at our caravan ; sometimes they would even surround us, though keeping at some distance.
High Plantation: some of the hillsides are dedicated to timber production
The naturally steep hillsides were used, and through a series of sluices material was washed into the wide " alleys ", raising the streets to the desired new level, generally 12 feet higher than before, in some places nearly 30 feet.
Although some of the guns were removed decades ago many large guns are still emplaced on the hillsides near the Redhill road.
Therefore the hillsides are more or less bare of vegetation, with some forest at the higher altitudes.
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It survives best on vast slopy expanses on the hillsides with Kanheri caves area of the park being one of the best places to observe large areas of blooms.
Apocynum cannabinum grows in open wooded areas, ditches, and hillsides, and prefers moist places.
Particular places worthy of note were the hillsides of Quinangyana ( along its creek ), Maldespina and Kinalyan.
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By 1900, soil was so completely washed from hillsides and creek bottoms that crops could not be grown.
Many different microclimates occur, so the flora changes from west to east, and also varies with altitude up the hillsides away from the coast and according to compass direction.
The more exposed hillsides are covered with silver tussock and other native grasses, unusually so for an area so close to urban development.
The land was better suited for grazing than tillage, so by 1839 about 6000 sheep roamed the pasturage and hillsides.
Jade trees enjoy rocky hillsides and arid soil, so in cultivation, many different soil mixes are used to mimic these favorable natural conditions.
And the hillsides are too steep for agriculture also, so for example cornbread is the traditional meal, as they cannot grow wheat.
Despite being very nimble over rocky hillsides and mountains, the greater kudu is not fast enough ( and nor does it have enough stamina ) to escape its main predators over open terrain, so instead relies on leaping over shrubs and small trees to shake off pursuers.
It prefers well-drained conditions and tolerates even very thin and rocky soils and so is usually restricted to hillsides and hilltops ( not mountainous regions as such ) rather than best positions in valley floors.
When Time Magazine ( I think, maybe Newsweek ) wanted a photo of her pointing to the very place, she couldn't find those houses because so many more had been built around them that the hillsides were totally covered.
As in so many other areas, luxury condos now rise from Istinye's hillsides.
Aside from a rich hunting ground, Polomolok had so many creeks with free flowing water coming from the hillsides.
Locomotives and rail cars of the Canandaigua Southern Railroad, all built from scratch, rolled alongside rivers, plains and hillsides — all to scale and covered with hand-made stone, grass and trees — and through complete small towns as they were in a time when the railroad was so exotic that it would fire any child's imagination.
Such markings were made in desert terrain, however, not on grassy hillsides and so they don't become overgrown, and thus survive much longer without maintenance.
However these hillsides have good fertile soil and are heavily populated, largely by farming communities so most of the region has been converted to agriculture with a few areas of natural vegetation remaining.
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