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The hilltops of the Great Dividing Range are basalt from north of Uralla to Glen Innes, and the eastern slopes are the lighter " trap " soils.
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Observation posts built by Alexander the Great are still crumbling on the hilltops just outside the city limits.
The retriangulation of Great Britain was a triangulation project which involved erecting concrete pillars ( trig points ) on prominent hilltops throughout Great Britain.
hilltops and Range
Range may be many kilometres, for example between hilltops, or only a few hundred metres, if for example a hill or large metal object is in the transmission path between radios.
hilltops and are
In the south, elevations of over are surpassed near Collingwood, above the Blue Mountains in the Dundalk Highlands and in hilltops near the Madawaska River in Renfrew County.
As testimony to the major changes that occurred, such valleys are found on hilltops.
Similar to the Gauls and other Celtic tribes, most Thracians are thought to have lived simply in small fortified villages, usually on hilltops.
Some of the largest shrines are due to reported Marian apparitions to young and simple people on remote hilltops that had hardly been heard of prior to the reported apparition.
A few neighborhoods are located on the hilltops.
Serviceable by nature, they bring forth fruits of valuable forests ( Sua enim aptae natura pretiosarum poma silvarum parturiunt ); their hilltops are clothed with vines growing by chance ; in place of grasses, there is commonly vegetable and grain.
The most noted hilltops, located here on this plateau, are Dutch Hill stretching southeastly, and Vader Hill stretching southwestly.
Blanket bog cannot occur in drier or warmer climates, because under those conditions hilltops and sloping ground dry out too often for peat to form – in intermediate climates blanket bog may be limited to areas which are shaded from direct sunshine.
Some of the hilltops have plains which are interspersed with lakes.
Characteristic of the area are dry hilltops, periglacial dry valleys and hollows like the Totengrund.
Similar to the Gauls and other Celtic tribes, most people are thought to have lived simply in small fortified villages, usually on hilltops.
In rural spots particularly the north-west, bonfires are lit on hilltops.
Geographic features include limestone and dolomite glades, which are rocky, desert-like area on hilltops.
On the hilltops there are numerous shells of the molluscan species presently living in the seas around the island.
The hilltops are somewhat " carved " out by the streams in the area.
Fortified settlements, often on hilltops or in river-bends, are typical for the urnfield culture.
Because of their location on the western sides of hilltops for use of wind in the smelting process they are named west-facing.
This meaning tends to overlap with the previous one, especially where place names are concerned: in particular, names that originally referred to grazing areas tend to be applied to hilltops, as is the case with the aforementioned Seathwaite Fell.
A handful of the new hilltops, such as Sde Boaz, Ma ' ale Rehav ' am and Esh Kodesh are populated by both religious and non-religious Jews and there is a sense that they wish to serve as an example of religious tolerance in a society where the two groups often live apart from one another.
There are both open villages and fortified settlements ( burgwall or grod ) on hilltops or in swampy areas.
The waters in the area contain many oyster-rafts and are quite picturesque at sunset when viewed from local hilltops.
The very gentle slopes of the hilltops are a favourite amongst campers, although there is the danger of the bordering cliffs.
hilltops and from
even like shouting and crying out from the hilltops from which he could descend as an eagle in a mad caper from the cliffs.
An ambush is a long-established military tactic, in which the aggressors ( the ambushing force ) take advantage of concealment and the element of surprise to attack an unsuspecting enemy from concealed positions, such as among dense underbrush or behind hilltops.
The park offers and array of landscapes from the rugged coast to boulder strewn hilltops.
The town's elevations range from about 400 feet ( 120 m ) along streams approaching the Westfield River ( a major tributary of the Connecticut ) to hilltops as high as 1700 feet ( 500 m ).
Elevations range from just over along the riverfront to just over on various hilltops in West Knoxville, with the downtown area resting at just over.
It favours soaring over hill slopes and hilltops on updraughts, and it does much of its hunting from this position at heights of up to.
The prince's ship arrived in Lisbon on February 22 and was met by cannon salvos from ships along the Tagus River and from the hilltops, beginning at two in the afternoon.
Such periods are evidenced from fossils of fish found on hilltops.
Theodore also gathered all the local peasants and their flocks and placed them on the hilltops, so that from far away they might appear to be part of the army.
At longer distance, the mountain is visible from many locations quite a few miles away, particularly hilltops and other mountains.
Grassland generally covers the hilltops, and across the Peninsula, there is an overall gradient from the grassland in the east to the woodland in the west.
As the Germans retreated from western Sicily ( as a result of the Allied invasion, code-named Operation Husky ), they halted and began setting up defences in the vicinity of the town of Troina along Highway 120, perched high on the hilltops.
Celestian shrines are located in the country, away from city lights, and are often built upon mountain peaks or hilltops with a clear view of the sky.
Mariology differs from other parts of theology in that its progress has quite often been driven from the ground up, from the masses of believers, and in some cases from religious experiences of young and simple children on remote hilltops, which have then influenced the higher levels of the Holy See in Rome via sensus fidei.
Cannon were fired from the hilltops of the Miura Peninsula as soon as the ship approached Uraga, in compliance with the 1825 – 42 Shogunal order that any approaching Western ships, apart from Dutch ones, should be fired upon.
hilltops and north
To its north stood the forts Loreto and Guadalupe on opposite hilltops.
The area is hilly to the north, and also has includes a few hilltops which run east to Hymettus.
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