The head is flat, U-shaped and has a prominent ridge running from the blowhole to the top of the upper lip.

The keel is a strong median ridge running down the length of the sternum.

Their junctures are marked by branches of the mid-oceanic ridge forming an inverted Y, with the stem running south from the edge of the continental shelf near Mumbai, India.

These eastern mountains are formed by a central ridge of metamorphic rock running northwest to southeast from which many long spurs jut to the north and south.

The terrain is principally mountainous and arid, with a ridge of mountains running through the spine of the island.

In the southwest, it is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a submarine ridge running between Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

There is a low ridge from Messines Ridge 80m ( 264 feet ) at its highest point, running north-east past " Clapham Junction " at the west end of Gheluvelt plateau ( 2 1 / 2 miles from Ypres at and Gheluvelt ( above ) to Passchendaele, ( 5 1 / 2 miles from Ypres at ) declining from there to a plain further north.

The earliest description of the ridge running along the floor of the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle comes from the Venetian anatomist Julius Caesar Aranzi ( 1587 ), who initially likened it to a seahorse, using the ( from, " horse " and, " sea monster ") or alternatively to a silkworm.

The principal ridge, a 100 km long chain running from west ( Dent de Morcles ) to east ( Sidelhorn ), whose highest peak is the Finsteraarhorn, forms the watershed between the cantons of Berne and Valais.

; Stonewain Valley: A long narrow cleft in the northern outskirts of the White Mountains, running east-west behind a ridge that connected the hills of Amon Dîn, Eilenach and Nardol and was covered by the Drúadan Forest.

He contended that while some animals do have a ridge of hair extending from the pate to the back, no animals have a ridge ( as in the Pangboche " scalp ") running from the base of the forehead across the pate and ending at the nape of the neck.

It is a narrow ridge running south from the Temple Mount.

The Weber County Surveyor's office divides the county into two regions, the " Lower Valley " and the " Upper Valley ", divided by the ridge of the Wasatch front range running north-south through the county.

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.

Taylor Ridge ( Georgia ) runs through Ringgold ; a gap in the ridge is located near Ringgold, with the part of the ridge running to the south called Taylors Ridge and to the north called White Oak Mountain.

The town of Ridge Farm was named after Abraham Smith's Ridge Farm, located on a ridge of land running east to west through Elwood Township.

Colonial residences extend up the bank from Merrimac Street to High Street running parallel to it near the top of the ridge.

USGS Topographical maps show a common elevation contour line running throughout a ridge along old HWY 90 ( Old Spanish Trail ) in the western edge of the city.

A broad, east-west running ridge called " Bennion Hill " rises perhaps a hundred and fifty feet above the surrounding area.

The bush has numerous tracks running to and from them including a track along the entire bays hills ridge.

Central to the mountain range is a ridge running broadly west-south-west-east-north-east.

Physically, Wadhurst lies on a high ridge of the Weald-a range of wooded hills running across Sussex and Kent between the North Downs and the South Downs.

When the subtropical ridge position shifts due to El Niño, so will the preferred tropical cyclone tracks.

Dentals are primarily distinguished from sounds in which contact is made with the tongue and the gum ridge, as in English ( see Alveolar consonant ), due to the acoustic similarity of the sounds and the fact that in the Roman alphabet they are generally written using the same symbols ( t, d, n, and so on ).

The ridge is due to ring material that Pan has swept up from the Encke gap.

This specific ridge land habitat is particularly significant for Sydney as most similar habitat was left unprotected and was subsequently destroyed to make way for cheap development which has made many species only found ridges threatened with extinction due to extreme habitat clearance / fragmentation.

In late 2005, the Government Authority in charge of the national park was taking steps to prevent vehicular access along the top of the ridge to the lookout due to non stop vandalism and issues with residents adjacent to the park.

This was due to the division of the original town of Middleton into two parts by the long, high ridge of Moose Mountain, then a considerable obstacle to travel.

Just past Schunemunk's western ridge, the town line reaches another corner and changes course to due north.

This is mainly due to its location on a 730 foot ( 220 m ) ridge approximately 10 miles ( 16 km ) inland from Lake Erie, creating the perfect conditions for Orographic lift and its associated heavy snowfall when winter winds blow across the lake.

Centreville was of significant strategic value due to its proximity to several important roads, while its position atop a high ridge provided a commanding view of the surrounding area.

Anticyclones aloft can form within warm core lows, such as tropical cyclones, due to descending cool air from the backside of upper troughs, such as polar highs, or from large scale sinking, such as the subtropical ridge.

The subtropical ridge forms due to the Hadley cell circulation between the equator and the subtropics of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.

After becoming a tropical cyclone, the depression was moving slowly westward, due to a ridge to its north.

The ridge is tall enough to affect climate in western Arkansas ; the land north of the ridge is drier than it would otherwise be, and the land to the south is wetter, due to a rain shadow effect.

The new name was given due to the proximity of the neighborhood to New York Bay, excellent views of which were visible from the ridge that has now become Ridge Boulevard.

It began a west-northwest drift due to slight interaction with developing Hurricane Diane to its southeast, as well as a building ridge to its northeast.

The infantry attack on Gaza was progressing ; on the left, the 160th ( Welsh Border ) Brigade of the 53rd ( Welsh ) Division, had advanced rapidly and by 13: 30 had captured the Labyrinth, a maze of entrenched gardens due south of Gaza, while the 2 / 10th Middlesex Regiment, had established itself on a grassy hill, and the 1 / 4th Royal Sussex Regiment, had advanced up the centre of the Es Sire ridge under intense enemy fire, suffering heavy casualties including their commanding officer.

Under the influence of strong high pressure ridge, the depression tracked almost due westward, without significant intensification.

) This is due to its sheltered position against the mountain ridge of Cecil Kop which encourages cool breezes from lower altitude to the east and south.

The department is divided into four zones: the Pacific Fringe, which is humid and mostly jungle ; the western mountain range, also humid and full of jungle, heavily deforested due to the paper industry ; the Andean valley of the Cauca river, whose surrounding lands are the most fertile of the country ; and the western ridge of the central mountain range.

It was unable to intensify further, due to the weakening of the ridge component of the blocking-which led to shear increasing-and water temperatures decreasing.

Luck was with the Australians, and due to difficulties of communication and navigation along the ridge line in the dark, elements of A Company had became separated and the last two platoons descended to the river too early to strike the ford.

The depression moved west-northwestward due to a subtropical ridge, and strengthened into Tropical Storm Felix later that day.

Talgarth also has a nearby gliding club ( Sailplanes ) called the Black Mountains Gliding Club, which attracts many visitors from all of the UK, due to the year round ability to remain airborne ; by means of mountain lift, both ridge lift and wave lift.