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Sentence Examples This rocky terrain is covered with deep wadis that make navigation difficult. I settled down on the rocky outcropping I'd chosen as my position and set up my monocular, a decent 15x Leica. It's been a rocky first month for Foulke, Mariano Rivera and, for that matter, a lot of other stoppers around baseball. In the water, they are usually close to rocky shorelines where the water is 30-90 feet deep. He trialed a half-dozen varieties on a rocky, elevated field with poor soils and an unpromising northeasterly aspect. He climbed off the concrete supports for the trestle and onto the rocky island shore. Its expansive mirrored surface is lined with rocky coastlines, mountainous and jagged in the north to gently sloping in the south. These may be expected in rocky areas or among pilings and in other habitats not well sampled by traditional methods such as seining or trawling. But all that greeted his eye was and endless expanse of sand and waves in front of him, and the sheer wall of a rocky cliff behind. I am a lost little sheeple looking for some guidance out of the rocky ravine that is my ignorance. The mill race still works, but the stream chatters by as it has always done in its steep rocky little valley under the trees. This broad and undulating ridge gradually narrows and eventually sharpens to a knife edge just below the rocky summit slopes. He creates rocky landscape backgrounds with misty atmospheric perspective, using sfumato and chiaroscuro to describe colour transitions. There is where the road bends upward and where some domestic goats once got loose and established a wild herd on a rocky ledge. The trail crosses onto the north side and continues downhill and east along the rocky bench above the creek. Hogback ridges impart vertical relief to a rocky bench and commonly form tide pools. The rocky shorelines assure an abundance of clear water, and topwater lures are an excellent choice early and late over grass and off points. The beach here is rocky and the bay is narrow with steep snow-topped mountains rising on the other side from the water's edge. Then, with a thunderous roar that spread across the entire mountain, the rocky behemoth tore apart. At the mesoscale, local climate can vary significantly, causing altered body temperatures on the rocky shore. Show More Sentences The plants occurred in mesic wooded habitats as well as rocky sandbars of Halls Creek, and the sandy shore of the Little Miami River. Iron and flint I had in my brass tinderbox, and I knelt down by the rocky ledge and began to gather bits of bark. Less than 20 percent of its 31,000 square miles are tillable because of the rocky terrain. At that phase, some of his works had some semblance to nature, like the barks of trees or a rocky landscape. Shorelines may be indicated by pebbly or sandy beaches, mudflats, rocky cliffs, or reefs. The high tide time predicted in your tide tables might not be the same as actually occurs in these rocky areas. It was a long, narrow strip of land and on the rocky coast at its southern end was a medieval castle. The landscape of coastal Massachusetts is a mixture of wooded uplands, rocky outcrops, and long, low meadows that sweep down to the sea. Our testers noted the shoe's superior ability to provide a springy push-off and a secure landing even on loose, rocky surfaces. We sped along a busy dual carriageway, lined with thick bushes and rocky outcrops. Both submarines remained below the thermocline, heading into rocky terrain. The rocky yet emotional sounds of their breakthrough album have proved a massive hit, rendering them one of the hottest acts around. Folk are few and far between amid these rounded hills, rocky ridges, peat bogs and marshes. In places, the boat gets so close to the rocky cliffs that we expect to hear an agonizing scrape. He has never thought that the rocky terrain in a corner of his lands is a hindrance to farming. Around the rocky shores sea birds such as gulls, terns, cormorants, gannets and puffins nested in the cliffs and dunes. It looks like a preying mantis, has a huge hook to snare its prey and is coming to a rocky shoreline near you. The familiar stories are given new life when played out against a backdrop of ancient Roman ruins and sweeping rocky vistas. But he parried questions about the new unit, which had already got off to a rocky start, we discovered. These hot and dry rocky slopes support scorpions, tarantulas, collared lizards, pygmy rattlesnakes, roadrunners, and prickly pear cacti. Show More Sentences In rocky terrain, where digging is difficult, boulders are used to build sangars, which serve the same purpose. Their typical breeding habitat is rocky talus and snowfields near sedge and grassy areas. These wrens breed in rocky habitats, such as canyons, coulees, outcroppings, and talus slopes in the steppe and dry forests. At Odeceixe in the south the River Seixe broadened through sandbars to meet the sea between high rocky headlands. Here you can go on a ride where you start from the sea, ride up to hill top lakes, and fly down rocky trails to lush green valleys. We cruised through a town of cement low-rise hotels, with glimpses of deep rocky valleys behind. Roughly made thonged sandals were worn only in lowland areas where the terrain was rocky. Bodies that formed from the Sun out to a distance of about 2.5 astronomical units are primarily rocky and metallic. The ship has constantly been pounded by huge waves since it ran aground on a rocky outcrop last Thursday night. After a short climb up the frozen rocky face I found myself on a small, rubbly outcrop of dark rock. Her favorite painter specializes in old rowboats and the rocky Maine shoreline. In the east, in complete contrast, there is a dramatic and wildly beautiful rocky coastline broken by a multitude of bays, inlets and sea lochs. Offshore, seals loaf around on the Carracks, two rocky islets and the odd small fishing boat bounces across the surf. But the trail is a continuous series of undulations, and the tread way itself is very rocky and rooty, with short, steep climbs. Samphire extract is derived from the Samphire plant that takes root and thrives in rocky coastal areas. The steep, rocky hills and narrow coastline have influenced architecture and urban planning in Monaco. Cheilanthes is a genus of small, evergreen, lithophytic, perennial ferns that inhabit warm, dry and rocky regions. After the child goes missing, time-lapse photography depicts the clouds rapidly rolling in and nestling on the horizon above the rocky outcrops. She claimed the dogs ate the half-gallon of rocky road after I found the carton buried in our trash. The two-layer pudding cups are available in chocolate and vanilla, as well as rocky road. Show More Sentences Younger people are increasingly choosing chunkier, more textured ice creams, like chocolate chip cookie dough and rocky road. From the opening song, with its heavy guitar and upbeat rocky riff, you can see that she loves her fanbase and wants to show it a good time. Of course, none of this would matter if the film itself didn't bear the marks of its rocky road to a theater near you so prominently. The Oscar-nominated drama stars Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney as a couple dealing with the trials and tribulations of a rocky marriage. He leans into her ear and whispers the important lesson he's learned about life, a lesson that also helps Charlotte reconcile her rocky marriage. And like Terry, over the course of their rocky acquaintance Jean gains greater understanding and insight. The newly unionized dancers of the ballet have already hit a rocky road with company management. They enter into a rocky marriage and a manager-star relationship that lasts for 15 grueling years of physical and psychological abuse. In one long flashback we are shown the rocky road of Seth and Chelsea's relationship leading up to the present moment. I also think the transition from childhood to adulthood is generally more rocky than we've seen. It may have had a rocky road in its initial theatrical release, but the DVD format allows viewers to explore its unique world. The landing was fairly smooth, a bit rocky at times, but overall comfortable. The film opens with a powerful scene, as Ivan and his older brother's friends dare each other to jump off a high tower into rocky waters. This is the heart of the Kona coffee belt, less than 50 square miles of steep, rocky terrain yielding 2.5 million pounds of beans a year. Ariadne poses against a rocky outcrop and raises her hand in a rhetorical gesture that makes her seem irate and merciful, proud and humble. Usher saddles up and begins to ride away, but after rounding a rocky bend, he pulls out a hidden rifle and charges back into camp. The rocky promontory at the top of the waterfall has long been regarded as one of the most romantic viewpoints in the mountains. The tomb, situated in an elevated position at the end of a rocky gorge, is a well-preserved architectural and artistic masterpiece. They are replete with rocky crags, waterfalls, brooding skies and, in one case, a baleful moon straight out of a Caspar David Friedrich painting. Beside this river, carved on the rocky cliffs, you can read inscriptions of Egyptian Pharaohs, Assyrian kings and Roman commanders. Show More Sentences But as the water runs its course across the landscape, it dissolves soluble salts contained in rocky river beds, corridors, and canyons. Orphaned as a baby and now something of a wild spirit, she shares her secrets with Danny in their private place on the nearby rocky crags. These may be the best teeth for hard or rocky soil and for heavy infestations of quackgrass and other weeds with underground rhizomes. Set on a rocky headland of the Southern Adriatic, the city of Dubrovnik presents a bulky carapace of freestone wall on bare rock to the open sea. The spare condominium complex complements the rugged pasture land and rocky cliffs that distinguish Sea Ranch as a magnificent site. Traces of these explorations are still visible in the rocky outcrops on the ridge. The film is grainy and rich, you can almost feel the old dusty wood, the waterfalls, the rocky buttes and scrubby plains leap out of the screen. The music is monumental and the landscape limited to desert, or rocky mountain. The rocky coastline is a near monochrome of pale blues that darken in the rocks and billowing clouds as though illuminated by moonlight. The mountain range's east summit comes next and then the rocky perch that is the 3776 ft summit, the apex of the quartet of ridges. The Sicilian town is perched on a rocky hilltop on the meandering road from Palermo. You can picture the rugged terrain of rocky beaches and stony slopes with ancient smouldering volcanoes standing guard over antique vines. Just above this rapid, a green canoe is pulled onto the left bank, with a hodgepodge of gear piled alongside it on the rocky beach. Near Australia, catsharks have been observed inhabiting ledges and caves, seagrass or kelp beds, coastal reefs, and both sandy and rocky bottoms. They require a combination of rocky ledges or canyons and open, shrubby areas. Unlike the water-saturated and rocky land further west, south-east Ireland boasts leafy grasses, moderate rainfall, and good drainage. The only way to reach the site is over a scenic rocky outcrop that just happens to be a favourite spot for German naturists. Just beyond the bridge is a little park, too rocky to develop, that rises in the middle to a rounded granite ziggurat. Sun's Cradle was an old chain of rocky, copper alps, two of which towered over the rest like protruding inverted fangs. They are often found in open areas with cliffs, and along rocky coasts and rivers. Show More Sentences It bounced along the rocky surface, sending dust flying and making it even harder to see. Behind stretched a rocky plateau, the one pale cafe au lait in colour, the other of deeply rusted iron. While the country's fertile highlands yield staple foods like yams and cereal grains, the semi-arid lowlands are largely rocky. Schwartz and Henderson described L. semilineatus as a xerophile associated with gravelly or rocky areas. They are fairly active and can be seen exploring rocky reefs and the ocean bottom in search of food. On a shallow rocky reef, two silvery sea bass accompany us during a 45-minute dive. From the bealach we climbed up through some trees to a rocky knoll from where another path eventually zig-zagged its way to the grassy summit. On rocky rummages in the shallows you might spy damsel fish, red mullet, painted combers and rainbow wrasse before they dart off. Northern woodsia occurs on rock cliffs, crevices, talus, and rocky, boreal woods in sun to partial shade. In the rocky pockets at ground level, London pride and geraniums are left to romp away. In the hills are the nimble klipspringers which explore these hilly rocky outcrops. Several winters ago, I spent a morning in a makeshift ground blind on a rocky hillside near Laredo. But he also concedes that because of its themes, and their comedic treatment, the film could have a rocky reception. On the windward side of the island there are numerous narrow, powdery beaches and deserted rocky coves. The climate was temperate but windy, the terrain a mixture of downland, rocky hills and peat bogs. She swam eastward a dozen strokes and stood shivering on the rocky bottom, waiting for Wolf to surface. Getting up Mt. Gudmundson didn't look so easy as there was a very steep ice and snow bank forming a razorback up to the rocky outcrops. The waves pounded below, and the wind whispered in from the ocean, jostling the lone pine that grew stunted from the rocky soil. It dens down in rocky cairns, under tree roots, sometimes even in the disused eyries of a golden eagle. Gill nets are not only stretched across the river but are also between rocky out crops where rapids exist in the river. Show More Sentences Julie Summers sings the praises of the scenic diving to be enjoyed off the rocky shores of Fethiye, in the Turkish Aegean. Our examples are taken from recent investigations of two key components of rocky intertidal communities, mussels and whelks. Toward central Australia, the land rises more steeply into a higher plateau and rocky ranges, where a number of peaks exceed 1500 m elevation. Towards the western end of the ramparts there is an obvious break where a path leads through rocky portals to gain a grassy bealach. The west bank is more sandy and shallow with weed growing, and the opposite bank more rocky and deeper. At one point, we rounded a blind corner and startled a gigantic grizzly sow and her cub as they crossed a shallow, rocky creek. To the side of Pigadia is a rocky hill where the Minoan acropolis of Karpathos was built in ancient times. During migration and winter, they inhabit rocky coasts, reefs, jetties, and breakwaters. They usually forage below the tide line of rocky beaches and jetties on the Washington coast. His tenure got off to a rocky start yesterday, when he was jeered and harassed by left-wing members of the European Parliament. Many other streams and waterfalls run through this area's rocky escarpments and narrow valleys. Bluespotted jawfish are usually found on the ocean bottom at depths of 18-24 m, near cliff bases or rocky outcroppings of offshore islands. Planet cores and terrestrial rocky planets would accrete from the planetesimals. I learnt to get on with them, I just wanted to be something I wasn't, a bit of a Jack the Lad and it was the start of a rocky ride really. She struggled through divorce, life as a single parent, abusive relationships and another rocky marriage. I caught my first glimpses of wild rock wallaroos peering at us shyly from the safety of a rocky ledge. Up the other side, above masses of jungle, rose a rocky, desolate mountain. Perhaps because of their preference for rocky shores, marine otters have never been found along the sandy beaches of the Atlantic Patagonian coasts. It's more fun to ski from your bumper than hike a rocky trail in the dark, wondering when you'll finally get those branch whackers off your back and on to your feet. There are secluded coves, rocky inlets and long stretches of white sand. Show More Sentences Up on the moors, Baildon Golf Club's members start playing the second hole on top of a huge rocky bank that makes novice players quake in their golf shoes. The Nationals had the advantage of position, their lines projecting in wedge-form towards the Confederate centre, with steep rocky acclivities along their front. Rob throttled the giant turbines up, and once again the aircraft was beginning to jolt and jar as it raced ahead faster and faster across the rocky terrain. They were all soaked to the bone, as they climbed up the rocky mountain. The northwards path along a rocky coastline takes you to Dunstanburgh Castle, a romantic ruin where kittiwakes, cormorants and fulmars nest on whinstone cliffs. The cryptographer added that after a rocky start, Cryptocat has much better track record. This is the only keyhole limpet collected from these rocks, and it was found with other rocky intertidal snail shells such as whelks and top shells. Besides genetics, factors that keep most eastern old growth from soaring to the skies are thin, rocky soils and frequent hurricanes, windstorms, and ice storms. The entrance to the ecstatic Dionysiac world in the Villa of the Mysteries is marked by Silenus playing a cithara at the edge of a rocky landscape. The northwards path along a rocky coastline takes you to the castle, a romantic ruin where kittiwakes, cormorants and fulmars nest on whinstone cliffs. But these seeds, collected over generations, were the germ of crops that were especially adapted to thrive in the sere, rocky croplands of Afghanistan. The species also extends to several of the rocky knolls in the area. Pieces of its wreckage can be found all over this rocky coastal reef. Lt-Col Lean said they identified an armed group of three or four people sited in protected positions near a rocky outcrop 100m further up the re-entrant. One of the most striking and beautiful of the antelopes, the greater kudu lives in central and southern Africa, in rocky hill country or on brush-covered plains. At one point, the pair burst from the camp and fled, scampering barefoot over rocky, cactus-spotted terrain. Her latest stumble on the rocky road to recovery, being caught with crack cocaine at a drug rehab center, shows that she is in desperate need of help. Gilkey was anchored securely to his position in the gully with two ice axes while the others moved to the other side of a rocky rib to set up a tent. The film retraces much of Che's journey, the camera wandering through desolate valleys and rocky cliffs while Che's words are read on the soundtrack. The same group of astronomers has also inferred a type of exoplanet that fits in between the rocky planets and the gas giants. Show More Sentences The predominant feature of the shoreline is the rocky cliffs, extending under water to encompass a lush kelp forest, submarine reefs and offshore seamounts. Mussels and limpets are their primary food, but Black Oystercatchers prey on a wide range of shellfish and other creatures found along the rocky shore. Above me, the sky was grey and overcast, the rain pelting down upon the rocky mountainside in steady sheets, running down to feed the rivers and lakes. This mass is counterbalanced at the south end by a large chimney that anchors the transparent skin of the living space while framing views of the rocky landscape beyond. In his paintings, with their air-spun castles and dense, rocky crags, presented in thick, hazy, heavily impastoed surfaces, the world is remote and ever retreating. It is particularly adapted to rough, rocky land, trees with large, spreading root systems, finer textured soils and for interplanting in previously planted areas. The subject too tends to be rendered in a formulaic way with the figure positioned centrally or slightly to one side within a rocky hollow or outcrop. The only way to reach it is by two-lane roads, most of which twist tortuously through the scenic coastal mountain range or along the rocky Pacific coast. The rows of pines obscuring the rocky vistas that they had once lovingly painted and the disappearance of the celebrated oaks infuriated the artists' colony. The shop is situated in one of Ireland's treasured beauty spots, Sandycove, named after the cove near the rocky point on which the Martello Tower was built. The fascinating and colourful marine life of shoreline and rock pool was filmed in the inter-tidal zone of a typical and attractive rocky shore of southwest England. The rocky canyon walls are almost like a natural amphitheater. In this work, the viewer's attention is the mountain on which the flag extends from its peak down its rocky side, giving a sense of ruggedness to the image. This is a man who operates on himself, removing a musket ball, and then goes on a 10 mile trek across the rocky lengths of one of the Galapagos islands. However, the process of learning in groups can be a rocky experience for both learners and teachers, no matter how interested they are in the topic at hand. If the rocky relationship between Dawson and Joey was an attempt to hash out the question of what the difference is between lovers and soul mates, this speech is the answer. In 1830 Louis Philippe returned the Pantheon to civic use, but for the first rocky decade of his reign not a single figure was buried there for fear of public protest. As these relationships progress, we learn of Jones' rocky history with his alcoholic mother and his desire to find the father he barely knew yet obsesses about daily. There were some rocky moments, but basically it's gone very well. After a rocky 2000-01 season, during which the ballet lost its lease on its studios and bounced from one temporary space to another, the company's ship is regaining its keel. Show More Sentences Rumor has it that the film experienced a rocky production history. The performance ultimately seemed to take the form of inter-band bickering in one of the member's living rooms after a particularly rocky practice session. As the sonic booms of her passage echoed from the rocky canyons, though, small rockslides tossed debris into the murky water as if to signal some kind of warning. Still following the sure footing of rocky drainages, we flushed ptarmigan from the willows as we went, at one point rousting several hundred of them. He said the plane had crashed on a steep rocky outcrop, and dense bush and rugged terrain was hampering efforts by police and crash investigators to reach the site. In our Solar System, only smaller, rocky planets orbit within the habitable zone. In a dark rocky cave, a giant octopus spread its long, writhing tentacles in search of its prey, and gazed the while through the water with large lustreless eyes. In the birthplace of civilization, we have again run aground on the rocky shoals of nationalism, this time augmented by a religious fervor that increases the danger. Here you can sample the produce and talk to the knowledgeable guides, who'll also show you the rows off vines planted on the rocky soils of the hills behind. When the Concordia skimmed the rocky reef Friday, lodging a giant boulder into her hull, Schettino made his second mistake. The chestnut groves are carpeted with drifts of western peony, pink, blue and yellow lupins, Spanish bluebell and Barbary nut iris, while rocky outcrops harbour man orchids. Geologists have been intrigued that such massive failures could take place in a rocky terrain with a thin mantle of soil in otherwise stable landforms. Its roots grow deep in the rocky earth of maquis and chaparral. The rocky reefs and the small caverns formed within them are home to groupers, moray and conger eels, scorpionfish, many octopus and the occasional spiny lobster. The ground was rocky and Damian quickly scrambled over to Thera. I lingered a long time in the rocky little cove, skimming pebbles of green marble across the waves and picturing the saint arriving on such a day of threatening weather. By contrast, the interior of big planets like Jupiter still hold some mysteries, such as whether they have rocky cores. Friday's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows both the rocky core and a time exposure of the violent outgassing as the comet paints a line across the sky. The first sign of life is a tiny vehicle, winding its way tortuously along the thin white thread of a dirt road snaking through the rocky terrain. Although variations in relief on the rocky outcrops provide a myriad of microhabitats, habitat preference of these geophytes is dependent upon the mat species. Show More Sentences The conical upper section of the mountain is reached and the well-defined, rocky path zig-zags to the short summit ridge with its steep drop into the ben's north-east corrie. Her teenage son was tethered to a motorbike and dragged across a rocky road. I just wanted you to know that some of us would rather give you a fair shake than rush to be the first to jump off the ship in the face of a rocky wave. The focal point is a rocky stream that takes up the lower midsection of the painting, while to the far left one can see a gently curving road, set off by a low fence. He saw the soldiers climbing slowly down a steep, rocky trail. Breeding in separated pairs, this snowy sheathbill has a large nest in a rocky crevice made of a variety of materials thrown up on the beach by the waves. Mandela was born among the rolling grasslands and rocky ravines of the Transkei region, where whites were seldom seen. The way back follows a less popular route, via a rocky cleft above the lower lake, which begins with a traverse on which, I must confess, I tried to avoid looking down. He explained to me that there were probably about 20 or so divers in the lake, and that they explore the rocky lake bottom which apparently also includes a deep trench. They are a success story from the rocky tide pools of the zones near the surface, all the way down to the deepest trenches which score the ocean floor. They migrate and winter along the rocky shorelines of the Pacific Coast. In July 3, the rocky coastline they both share is a near monochrome of pale blues that darken in the rocks and billowing clouds as though illuminated by moonlight. The pihoihoi live in the island's interior, and the torea on its rocky shore. After passing the mouth of another southern tributary, the Olyokma, the banks again became rocky. They normally nest in large colonies, on cliffs overlooking the ocean or on small rocky islands. The hand-bikes have especially low gears, essential to tackle the 750m of climbing on the steep and rocky upper slopes. Until the discovery, no one realised that rocky planets could form stable orbits around one member of a binary star system. Bran CastlePerched on a rocky bluff in Transylvania, in a mass of turrets and castellations, Bran Castle overlooks a desolate mountain pass. Bracketing the alluvial fans were the first low and rocky hills of the Andes. The biggest challenges have been rocky soil, low rainfall, and finding ground covers compatible with the thick, thatchy palm roots. Show More Sentences Peter achieved four-wheel flight over a rocky whoop-de-doo, scattering empty cans. This ultramoist yet rocky drainage has been known for years as the richest fern paradise in the Pacific Northwest. A 17-year-old girl died after a quad bike she was riding on with a friend dropped into a rocky ravine in Mid Wales, police have said. The holt is built under tree roots or a rocky cairn, more common in Scotland. This particular ghastly grimace belongs to a California Swellshark which lies in rocky crevices, waiting to ambush fish and crabs. The fontinal cliff vegetation occupies moist rocky banks, damp ledges, and dripping rocks. Their relationship had weathered some rocky times, but they loved each other. Faith in God and in Christ can only become rockhard faith in a rocky fortress through God and Christ himself. To mark the victory, Sylvia Sayer asked SWW if DPA could purchase the rocky outcrop of Sharpitor. There is little or no arable farming within the moor, mostly being given over to livestock farming on account of the thin and rocky soil. The entrance to the river from the sea is a rocky entrance with cliffs either side. It was probably around this time that he first met John Dos Passos, with whom he had a rocky relationship for decades. Along the rocky hills behind Jon and Rosa Yearout's ranch, Nez Perce teens gallop on lean, spotted horses called Appaloosas. A digital rectal examination showed a rocky, well-defined prostate with disappeared central sulcus. The higher ground is rocky heathland, with frequent tarns, while the lower ground supports pasture and woodland. The summit area bears three rocky tors, the middle one of which is the highest. On its east and west flanks the fell falls away steeply with rocky slopes and scree to the valleys. High and rocky towards the centre of the Lake District, the Southern Fells progressively take on a moorland character toward the south west. This short rocky spur has Hutaple Crag on the west and Scrubby Crag on the east. It is the mountain equivalent of the closely related common blackbird, and breeds in gullies, rocky areas or scree slopes. Show More Sentences The deep coves on the rocky eastern side of Helvellyn drain into Ullswater. This gill contains a considerable flow of water in its rocky gorge, but it often has only a dry bed by the time it gets down to valley level. It is widespread on rocky areas and is grown on different soil associations, including alfisols, regosols and lithosols. Steep rocky crags guard the whole western side of the fell, rising abruptly from the green valley of St John's in the Vale. Transgressive oolites onlapping a Silurian rocky shoreline unconformity, Gotland, Sweden. The highest rocky knoll can be identified by an Ordnance Survey triangulation column beside a large cairn, both standing out from the turf. This rocky top is a part of High Raise, but is considered by many writers as a separate fell because of its appearance. Crested and whiskered auklets nest in hollows on rocky islands in the remote northern Pacific Ocean. A small rocky spur, Rib End, runs down from the summit plateau to the tarns at the depression. He may have been born in the old castle which occupied a rocky knoll on the valley floor. Halfway along the ridge is Innominate Tarn, a popular beauty spot with an indented rocky shore and a line of tiny islets. The beauty of the scene is completed by a succession of rocky tops and nestling tarns, until the high point is reached at the western end. Nether Beck swings away from Seatallan on its southward journey, diverted by the rocky height of Middle Fell. The thickly forested hills and plateaux of the Ardennes are more rugged and rocky with caves and small gorges. This ridge is rough and rocky, further worn by the boots of countless walkers. The Laotians who live near the creature's rocky outcrops know of the animals. Pillar Rock is a large rocky outcrop surrounded by cliffs on the northern side of Pillar, well below the summit. However, some portions of the continent, particularly the Antarctic Peninsula, have areas of rocky soil that support plant life. It also supports the world's largest colony of rare rocky shoals spider lilies. To a great extent the remnants survived on land that was either too steep, too rocky, or too remote to be agriculturally useful. Show More Sentences The species is mainly found on poorer, sandy soils, rocky outcrops, peat bogs or close to the forest limit. It has smooth, easy slopes to the north and west, whilst displaying a complex system of rocky spurs and scree slopes to the south and east. It runs from south to north, set between the rocky flanks of Clough Head to the east and the neighbours High Rigg and Low Rigg to the west. Grazing and pasture land are limited because of the steep and rocky topography of the Alps. All the time you are surrounded by the rocky peaks of Nuptse, Lhotse, Amadablam and of course Everest. Agriculture is limited by the area's rocky soil, cool climate, and small area. Nowhere did he claim to have discovered the eastern tip of Asia, merely that he had rounded a great rocky projection on his way to the Anadyr. Faced with short provisions, poor fishing, a rocky coast and ominous reports from the natives, he returned to the Kolyma. We were part way down the peninsula, heading all the way to La Paz, when swarms of scurrying chuckwallas appeared in a rocky area at roadside. After the ice on Lena had cracked and floated down the river, Pyanda followed it and for several days sailed through rocky banks. Downstream of Preobrazhenskoye village the Lower Tunguska flows in a narrow and deep valley with high, often rocky shores. The Red Cuillin hills are lower and, being less rocky, have fewer scrambles or climbs. Half-open doors, as well as rocky arches, could in fact allude, if not point, to actual scenographic elements. The steep gravelly slopes of the mountains and hills of the eastern slopes of the Southern Urals are mostly covered with rocky steppes. The western slopes of these summits tend to be grassy, with rocky corries and crags on the eastern side. Humphries, who studied Sports Science at University College Newport, had a rocky start to life as a world-ranked bobsledder two years ago. Most of the continents were probably dry and rocky due to a lack of vegetation. Other landscapes include rocky reefs, sea grass beds, and gardens of plant-like animals called sea pens. The shoreline is mostly rocky with fringing reefs and no continental shelf, dropping rapidly into the ocean depths. She couldn't turn around because the land around the road was too rocky for the low carriage of her rented four-door crapmobile. Show More Sentences Northwestern coasts are tall and rocky but the slope is much weaker at the southeastern side. The three general types of shores found in the Gulf of California include rocky shore, sandy beach, and tidal flat. The Palisades, large, rocky cliffs along the west bank of the river, begin along the west bank of the river opposite the Bronx. Aquatic life in California thrives, from the state's mountain lakes and streams to the rocky Pacific coastline. Cape Breton Island is composed mainly of rocky shores, rolling farmland, glacial valleys, barren headlands, mountains, woods and plateaus. Meloria, a rocky islet off the Tuscan coast in the Tyrrhenian Sea, was the location of two medieval naval battles. According to pigafetta, because of the rocky outcroppings, and coral near the beach, the Spanish soldiers could not land on Mactan. You can spend two weeks exploring the second-smallest Canary Island, La Gomera, from rocky mountains to cloud forest. Into Devon and Cornwall, the coastline becomes more rocky and steep, with numerous cliffs and tiny fishing villages along the coastline. Although the area is rocky with poorly developed soils, it is significantly more productive than the Namib Desert. Farther west are the rocky Great Basin and deserts such as the Chihuahua and Mojave. Produced by pocket gophers, which push soil upward as they burrow along under the surface, soil tubes are most apparent where the soil is rocky. Because of the rocky terrain in the Faroe Islands, its road transport system was not as extensive as in other places of the world. He sailed up Lena until it became too rocky and shallow, and then journeyed westward through the steppes inhabited by nomadic Buryats. The highly productive kelp forests over rocky marine shallows may have been a lure for coastal migration. The rivers breached these ridges, after possibly being dammed back for a short period, creating a narrow passage through the low rocky barrier. The plants grow subtidally and attach to coral, rocks or shells in moderately exposed or sheltered rocky or pebble areas. There, seaweeds can outcompete corals and offer few rocky hidey-holesfor reef fishes. Many of the higher fells are rocky, while moorland predominates at lower altitudes. The rocky shores of mainland Antarctica and its offshore islands provide nesting space for over 100 million birds every spring. Find more words! 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