The Ek-tagh or Mongolian Altai, which separates the Khovd basin on the north from the Irtysh basin on the south, is a true border-range, in that it rises in a steep and lofty escarpment from the Dzungarian depression ( 470 – 900 m ), but descends on the north by a relatively short slope to the plateau ( 1, 150 to 1, 680 m ) of north-western Mongolia.

The river rises in the very field that hosted the Battle of Naseby at the north-western tip of Northamptonshire.

The River Culm rises at a spring () near Culmhead and flows west through Hemyock, then Culmstock to Uffculme before joining the River Exe on the north-western outskirts of Exeter.

For Afghans, Islam represents a potentially unifying symbolic system which offsets the divisiveness that frequently rises from the existence of a deep pride in tribal loyalties and an abounding sense of personal and family honor found in multitribal and multiethnic societies such as Afghanistan.

* Murghab River ( Afghanistan ), the river that rises in northwestern Afghanistan and ends in the Kara Kum desert of Turkmenistan

* Murghab River ( Tajikistan ), the river that rises in northeastern Afghanistan and flows into Tajikistan, through the Sarez Lake and on to the Bartang River

The path continues to ascend, and the side of the ravine, on which it runs, becomes steeper, until a cave is reached above which the mountain now rises almost perpendicularly ; while on the right, it strikes in a rapid descent down to where, in St Benedict's day, below, lay the blue waters of the lake.

The Red Main rises in the Franconian Jura mountain range, in length, and runs through Creussen and Bayreuth.

The Indus, one of the great rivers of the world, rises in southwestern Tibet only about 160 kilometres west of the source of the Sutlej River, which joins the Indus in Punjab, and the Brahmaputra, which runs eastward before turning southwest and flowing through Bangladesh.

Composed of live coral reefs and sand bars, the atolls are situated atop a submarine ridge 960 kilometers long that rises abruptly from the depths of the Indian Ocean and runs from north to south.

Then to the Reschen Pass the main chain is ill-defined, though on it rises the Corno di Campo ( 3, 305 m ), beyond which it runs slightly north-east past the sources of the Adda and the Fraele Pass, sinks to form the depression of the Ofen Pass, soon heads north and rises once more in the Piz Sesvenna ( 3, 204 m ).

Sligo Creek rises in Kemp Mill, and the hiker-biker trail that runs alongside the creek from Wheaton Regional Park to the Anacostia River passes through the community.

Boggestowe Brook, named after the Indian tribe formerly inhabiting the area, rises in East Holliston and runs through Millis, emptying in Millis ’ South End Pond.

The Saco River rises in Crawford Notch and runs south-southeast to the Maine coast.

The dam rises almost immediately behind the Town Hall, and runs roughly parallel to Main Street.

The Orontes rises in the great springs of Labweh on the east side of the Beqaa Valley, very near the fountains of the southward-flowing Litani, and it runs due north, parallel with the coast, falling 2000 feet ( 600 m ) through a rocky gorge.

It rises north of Cleckheaton, runs through Liversedge and flows into the River Calder, West Yorkshire south of Dewsbury at Ravensthorpe.

The river rises near Lower Beeding and runs eastwards into East Sussex, meandering narrowly and turning slowly southward.

It rises in the Foss Crooks woods near Oulston reservoir close to the village of Yearsley and runs south through the Vale of York to the Ouse.

From its main source near Piana degli Albanesi it runs south and west for 45. 5 km as the Belice Destra ( Right Belice ) until it is joined on the left by its secondary branch, the 42 km Belice Sinistro ( Left Belice ), which rises on the slopes of Rocca Busambra.

The largest river of the region is the Freiberger Mulde, which rises on Czech territory and from there runs northwards.

The infant River Evenlode rises near Batsford, runs around the edge of Moreton and meanders its way towards Oxford, where it flows into the Thames just east of Eynsham.

It rises in the Abruzzese central Apennines of Samnium near Rocchetta a Volturno ( province of Isernia, Molise ) and flows southeast as far as its junction with the Calore River near Caiazzo and runs south as far as Venafro, and then turns southwest, past Capua, to enter the Tyrrhenian Sea in Castel Volturno, northwest of Naples.

The stream, which where it rises is still only very small, runs for 16 km, then filling one of Germany ’ s biggest reservoirs, the Biggesee.

In the south and west, the land rises to the mountain range that runs the length of Sumatra ; the mountains here are dominated by Lake Toba, formed from the caldera of an ancient volcano.

The Front Range runs north-south between Casper, Wyoming and Pueblo, Colorado and rises up to 9, 500 feet above the Great Plains.

The melody continually rises in pitch through the first moments of the piece, with octave-long runs in the strings.

As a batsman plays himself in and becomes more confident as his innings progresses, the proportion of his runs scored in boundaries often rises.

The crown of the wall then rises above the spandrels, to a strongly projecting painted cornice that runs right around the ceiling, separating the pictorial areas of the biblical scenes from the figures of Prophets, Sibyls and Ancestors, who literally and figuratively support the narratives.

It rises at Rowhill on the outskirts of Aldershot between Aldershot in Hampshire and Farnham in Surrey and runs northwards to join the Loddon near the village of Swallowfield in Berkshire.

In the north-west, the basalt plateau of Aubrac rises between 1, 000 and 1, 450m, with a cold humid climate influenced by the Atlantic.

The River Wensum rises near Fakenham in north-west Norfolk and flows south-east and through the centre of the city of Norwich before joining the River Yare just to the east of the city.

It rises about north-west of Brown Willy on Bodmin Moor, not far from one of its tributaries rising at Dozmary Pool and Colliford Lake, passes Lanhydrock House, Restormel Castle and Lostwithiel, then broadens at Milltown before joining the English Channel at Fowey.

In the north-west part of the village, across the railway bridges, the land rises sharply up to Lodge Wood and its hill fort.

The River Chess is a chalk-stream which rises from three springs ; to the north-west along the Pednor Vale at Frogmoor, at Higham Mead to the north of the town, and to the west near the Amersham Road which converge in the town near to East Street.

To the north-west of the lake rises the Old Man of Coniston, the highest fell in the Coniston Fells group.

It rises near Rylstone and flows generally north-west past Mudgee it flows past the edge of Gulgong and then into Lake Burrendong which is created by Burrendong Dam on the Macquarie River.

The Bogan River rises at Goonumbla, 19 kilometres north-west of Parkes and flows in a generally north-north-westerly direction past Tottenham, Peak Hill and through Nyngan.

Hucknall is situated seven miles ( 11 kilometres ) north-west of Nottingham on the west bank of the Leen Valley, on land which rises from the Trent Valley in the south to the hills of the county north of Kirkby-in-Ashfield.

The land rises to the Hokonui Hills 13 km to the north-west, while to the east is a series of hills.

The Dent Blanche has four steep faces rising over four glaciers: The north-east face ( also called north face ) rises above the Grand Cornier Glacier ( part of the Zinal Glacier ), the south-east face rises above the Schönbiel Glacier ( part of the Zmutt Glacier ), the south-west face rises above the Manzettes Glacier ( part of the Ferpècle Glacier ) and, finally, the north-west face of Dent Blanche rises above the homonym glacier.

The sharp-edged rim is not significantly eroded, and has a narrow inner wall ; it is 2 – 3 times higher on the north-west than on the east where it rises by about 820 meters.

Directly north-west, Affetside Moor rises to a height of more than 900 ft above sea level and a little further north Top of Quarlton and Holcombe Moor dominate the skyline.

Beyond the peninsula, to the north-west, the ground rises up again to Castland Hill and its neighbour Meickle Hill, between which the road runs inland through the narrow valley to Dunfermline.

Ripacandida rises from the rock on which you can enjoy the scenery as far as the eye can see, huge and impressive, while walking through the narrow streets of the main street, peering in the direction of the Vulture can be seen in all her radiant beauty, especially in light of the reddish clear summer sunsets, this mountain almost " magic " that dominates the landscape to north-west.

The river rises in country east of Mount Dale and flows north-west to Mundaring Weir, where it is dammed.

It rises at an elevation of 1200 m in the Ligurian Apennines on the north-west slopes of Monte Lama ( near Monte Menegosa ), within the commune of Morfasso.

The river rises within the Budderoo National Park about north-west of Illawarra Lookout.

The highway presses north-west and rises gently over the Niagara Escarpment, a World Biosphere Reserve.

Its well-defined north-west escarpment rises about 700 m above the north-eastern extremity of the Luangwa Valley, and its similarly prominent south-east escarpment rises about 1000 m above the South Rukuru River valley.