For example, if one purchases many risky bonds, then hedges them with CDSes, profiting from the difference between the bond spread and the CDS premium, in a financial crisis the bonds may default and the CDS writer / seller may itself fail, due to the stress of the crisis, causing the arbitrageur to face steep losses.

The crowns developed from a simple rib to a large asymmetric bulge, usually with a steep face on the inlet side and a gentle curve on the exhaust.

The heart of Nejd is the area of the Jabal Tuwayq, an arc-shaped ridge with a steep west face that rises between 100 and 250 meters above the plateau.

In the Middle East, the Fatimid Empire of Egypt reached its zenith only to face steep decline, much like the Byzantine Empire in the first half of the century.

After a rigorous approach including several hundred feet of granite stairs, the final pitch up the peak's steep but somewhat rounded east face is ascended with the aid of a pair of post-mounted braided steel cables originally constructed close to the Anderson route in 1919.

Two tracks are marked, a steep one up the exposed face, or an easier gradient through bushland around the back.

Ahuimanu is spread out beneath the steep windward pali ( cliff face ) of the Koolau mountain and separated by a low ridge from Heeia Kea.

The eastern face of the mountain is a steep, 2200 foot ( 650 m ) escarpment.

The Byklestigen pass is a torturous trail up a steep cliff face.

The Byklestigen pass is a torturous trail up a steep cliff face.

The surface of the steep slope is called a scarp face.

The Ore Mountains are a Hercynian block tilted so as to present a steep scarp face towards Bohemia and a gentle slope on the German side.

A few years after Grinnell first visited, Henry L. Stimson and two companions, including a Blackfoot, climbed the steep east face of Chief Mountain in 1892.

The Pallavicini face itself, a group of very steep and seemingly endless mogul runs, is rated double black diamond extreme.

* Scarp face, the surface of the steep slope of an escarpment

There are still double ramparts and ditches on the NE and SE sides, but on the NW and SW sides, which face very steep slopes down the hill, the outer rampart is hardly apparent and there is no sign of an outer ditch.

The four steep faces, rising above the surrounding glaciers, face the four compass points.

The Matterhorn's faces are steep, and only small patches of snow and ice cling to them ; regular avalanches send the snow down to accumulate on the glaciers at the base of each face, the largest of which is the Zmutt Glacier to the west.

When the party came close to the summit, they had to leave the ridge for the north face because " ridge was usually more rotten and steep, and always more difficult than the face ".

If terrain is steep and jagged, units tilt and turn to meet the face of the ground.

The steep, craggy north-eastern face of Stob Dearg forms the classic aspect of the mountain as seen from the Kings House Hotel, and constitutes the most direct route of ascent for climbers and scramblers.

Some domes in the park were covered by glaciers and modified into roche moutonnées, which are characterized by having a smooth, rounded side and a steep face.

The south face of the inner ward with its steep glacis

All of these glaciers were perched on high, basaltic plateaus bounded by steep scarp-like slopes.

At this point the river narrows and is constricted between 800, 000 year old volcanic, basaltic lava flow and a much older steep, silurian, sedimentary spur.

A tradition exists in some parts of the United Kingdom ( such as Scotland and North East England ) of rolling painted eggs down steep hills on Easter Sunday.

The geography of the western region of Thailand, like the North, is characterised by high mountains and steep river valleys.

) After the rail line's initial steep climb through the bluffs of west Omaha and out of the Missouri River Valley, the route followed the Platte River west through Nebraska, establishing many townships along the way ( Elkhorn, Grand Island, North Platte, Ogallala, Sidney, Nebraska ), the Colorado Territory ( Julesburg ), the Wyoming Territory ( Cheyenne, Laramie, Green River, Evanston ), the Utah Territory ( Ogden, Brigham City, Corinne ), and connecting with the Central Pacific at Promontory Summit.

North of Cape Spencer, along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska to Controller Bay and Kayak Island, are the Gulf Coast Tlingit, who live along a narrow strip of coastline backed by steep mountains and extensive glaciers, and battered by Pacific storms.

Overall, the North Cascades and southwestern Canadian Cascades are extremely rugged, with many of the lesser peaks steep and glaciated, with valleys quite low relative to its peaks and ridges, resulting in great local relief.

Sullivan County, Missouri encompasses of high glaciated prairie covered by steep rolling hills and numerous creeks and streams in North Central Missouri.

There, rather than run the line over the steep Indian and Town Hills, they deviated to the west of Billerica Center and met the original ROW at the bottom of the north side of town hill and continued on the original path to North Billerica.

Roads in the Harz are used by racing bikes and touring bikes, despite their sometimes heavy use by lorries, because in the whole of North Germany there is no other region with such long, and in places very steep, routes.

Just to the North of Banff townsite, Castle Mountain exemplifies a castellate shape, with steep slopes and cliffs.

A hike of approximately 30 minutes will take you to the North Pole, a very steep descent through rocky terrain over avalanche-blasted territory.

This mountain range contains 500 distinct peaks over high, and because of their height and proximity to the Pacific Ocean they receive more snow than most other ranges in North America ; the eastern side of the range is also extremely steep.

The dyke and the steep cliffs make the enclosed territory and its two boat launching beaches, North and South Landings, easily defended.

Bounded by the Capilano River to the west, Indian Arm to the east, Burrard Inlet to the south, and the North Shore Mountains to the north, it sprawls in an east-west direction across the mountain slopes, characterized by rugged terrain, frequent rain and steep and winding roadways.

This section of the route was difficult to construct due to its steep descent down the North Downs escarpment.

Viewed from high points further north in the High Weald and on the North Downs, the scarp of the South Downs presents itself as a steep wall that bounds the horizon, with its grassland heights punctuated with clumps of trees ( such as Chanctonbury Ring ).

There were also two cable tram routes, to Ocean Street ( Edgecliff ) and in North Sydney, later extended to Crows Nest, because of the steep terrain involved.

The National Monument contains multiple bluffs ( steep hills ) located on the south side of the North Platte River ; it is named for one prominent bluff called Scotts Bluff, which rises over 830 feet ( 330 m ) above the plains at its highest point.

North of North Sands Salcombe town begins, occupying the steep west side of the estuary opposite the beaches and East Portlemouth and extending north and west into the first of the estuary's many creeks: Batson Creek by Snapes Point.

Permanent Claret operation, 105 mm pack howitzer position BRX on the border ridge ( a few metres wide with steep slopes on both sides ) in Northern Sarawak at Lat 3 ° 52 ′ 13 ″ Long 115 ° 37 ′ 8 ″, approximately 22 km North East of Bario and 12 km South of Ba ' kelalen.

* " Coombe " ( North Somerset, Dorset ) steep wooded valley

The US portion of the North Cascades and the adjoining Skagit Range in British Columbia are most notable for their dramatic scenery and challenging mountaineering, both resulting from their steep, rugged topography.

A member of the Falconidae bird family, the New Zealand Falcon is mainly found in heavy bush and the steep high country in the South Island and is rarely seen north of a line through the central area of the North Island.

Steel Bank is a steep hill that starts from Springvale Road to the South and Northfield Road to the North.