The water level in the Jiangnan Canal remains scarcely above sea level ( the Zhenjiang ridge is 12 meters higher than the Yangzi River ).

The trail to and along its ridge passes by Grand Etang Lake and then rises up to the higher altitudes, cooler temperatures, and elfin mountain forests of the upper slopes.

There is further ridge of less higher ground from the west terminating at Sidcup.

The animals have a distinct ridge running from the shoulders to the middle of the back ; the shoulders may be as much as higher than the rump.

The area remained only sparsely settled, supporting some farming and lumber activity on some of the higher ground, as well as a number of taverns or " hotels " along the ridge roads.

The name of the village refers to a ' gast ' or ' gaast ', a higher, sandy ridge in an otherwise swampy area.

Furthermore, a low but noticeable ridge, likely a dune or beach ridge from when Lake Saint Clair was at a higher water level, runs through the center of the city.

The Franconia Mountain Range ( not to be confused with the much higher ridge in the White Mountains to the north ) is a high chain of hills in the western part of town.

The south ridge is higher, while the northern ridge leads to national road 94.

At the eastern end of the ridge and rising above sea level, the site of the first hill fort was not the highest point along the ridge, although the highest point is the neighbouring Hog Hill and is only higher.

In Waipoua Forest this is reflected in higher abundances of kauri on ridge crests, and greater concentrations of its main competitors, such as taraire are found at low elevations.

" It brought home the significance of their performance and made me force myself 50m higher up the ridge, to deposit the supplies for our final camp.

On a higher ridge to the west stood a shrine that was topped by a white stone.

The name Lutjegast originates from Gronings, a dialect of Dutch, in which lutje means small or little and a ga ( a ) st is a higher, sandy ridge in an otherwise swampy area.

The road to Northallerton from the Tees ( the Great North Road ) therefore approaches the town along a ridge of slightly higher ground running North-South.

In major elements, alkali basalts are typically higher in iron ( Fe ) and titanium ( Ti ) than mid-ocean ridge basalts at similar magnesium ( Mg ) contents.

The tide in no other ascends higher than the granite ridge or comes within thirty miles of the Blue Ridge or eastern chain of mountains.

But that is not the highest point: the ridge rises toward the east, and most of the village of Box Hill is higher, at an altitude of around.

To the west of the Chicapierna and the Albuera, the land rises to a low, treeless north-south ridge crowned by several knolls that become progressively higher to the south.

Of course, the higher and broader the ridge, the better the stability will be, but this is usually just a result of patient anatomy, barring surgical intervention ( bone grafts, etc.

Diadem Peak is essentially the high point of a ridge leading down from the slightly higher Mount Woolley ().

Too late, he realized that in turning, he had wheeled them onto a patch of sandy ground, instead of atop a grade or ridge.

However, from ground level, this sunset would be obscured by a ridge in the landscape, and the viewer would need to be raised by two meters: another observation platform was needed.

The English took some time to reform their ranks on the dry ground beyond the stream and press on up the slope towards the cottages and barricades on the ridge.

When hunting, the Common Kestrel characteristically hovers about 10 – 20 m ( c. 30 – 70 ft ) above the ground, searching for prey, either by flying into the wind or by soaring using ridge lift.

On 3 November 1936, from Alexandra Palace located on the high ground of the north London ridge, the BBC began alternating Baird 240-line transmissions with EMI's electronic scanning system which had recently been improved to 405 lines after a merger with Marconi.

A drumlin, from the Irish word droimnín (" little ridge "), first recorded in 1833, is an elongated hill in the shape of an inverted spoon or half-buried egg formed by glacial ice acting on underlying unconsolidated till or ground moraine.

The British held the city, while the Germans held the high ground of the Messines-Wytschaete ridge to the south, the lower ridges to the east and the flat ground to the north.

The French First Army and British 2nd and 5th Armies attacked on 9 October on a 13, 500 yards front, from south of Broodseinde to St Jansbeek, to advance half of the distance from Broodseinde ridge to Passchendaele on the main front, led to heavy casualties on both sides, with advances in the north of the attack being retained by British and French troops and most of the ground taken in front of Passchendaele and on the Becelaere and Gheluvelt spurs being lost to German counter-attacks.

" There were two important hills, high, that represented some of the highest ground in the Netherlands ; one north and west of Arnhem and one in the 82nd Airborne Division's zone, Groesbeek ridge.

It extended across the marsh between what was then an island at Westhay, and a ridge of high ground at Shapwick, a distance close to.

This is the only high ground around and a good defensive position for Hardrada's army caught out by Godwinson's sudden appearance on the skyline, as he rounded the ridge at Gate Helmsley to drop downhill swiftly onto Hardrada's unsuspecting army.

The name Holt is thought to derive from the Anglo-Saxon word for woodland and Holt is located on wooded high ground of the Cromer-Holt ridge at the crossing point of two ancient by-ways and as such was a natural point for a settlement to grow.

Like many ancient roads, the Seneca Trail followed a ridge line – in this case, the high ground between the Potomac River and Rock Creek.

The survival of the east wall allows us to deduce that the ridge line of the roof stood above ground.

Sometimes these occur just beyond bluffs or cliffs at the end of a ridge ; sometimes they are the only rock formation remnant on top of a ridge or even in fairly level ground.

The British objective was a ridge to the east of Villers-Bocage ; Dempsey hoped that the appearance of a strong force in Panzer Lehr's rear, occupying high ground and interdicting important lines of communication, would compel the German division to withdraw or surrender and thus break the deadlock to the west of Caen.

At the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1863, Hill was positioned near the Confederate right along a ridge ; because of some swampy ground along his front, there was a 600-yard gap in Hill's front line, and the nearest brigade behind it was nearly a quarter mile away ; the dense vegetation prevented the brigade commander from seeing any Union troops advancing on his position.

Ormskirk lies on sloping ground on the side of a ridge, whose highest point is above sea-level, at the centre of the West Lancashire Plain, and has been described as a " planned borough ", laid out in the 13th century.

The original settlement, consisting of fifty people and six square miles of agricultural settlement, was established prior to the Domesday Survey of 1086 where the town is recorded as Magele on a ridge of high ground, that can be most clearly seen at Red Lion Bridge towards the centre of the town and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal follows it on the plain and the A5147 on the brow.

The Spartans and Tegeans were on a ridge to the right of the line, the Athenians on a hillock on the left and the other contingents on the slightly lower ground between.