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At about the latitude of the Tropic of Cancer, the orientation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge turns rapidly from northwestward to northward.
The storm began as a low-pressure area in the Pacific Ocean on September 20, gaining strength as it moved northwestward.
The following day, the hurricane moved northwestward some 270 to 740 kilometres east of the Bahamas.
In the NW Thirty Mile Lake map area, ice flows are predominantly westward and northwestward.
This well used air route follows the Klondike Highway, just to the west of Lake Laberge and over Fox Lake, northwestward to Carmacks.
In the summer months, the Bermuda High migrates northwestward to lie over the island for which it is named, and builds toward North Carolina.
Beginning in the southeast interior, it passes just to the east of Prince George, forms Williston Lake, then narrows and continues northwestward towards Watson Lake in the Yukon.
Aubrac, which stretches northwestward on a rather narrow vertical strip, is a basalt plateau shared also by the departments of Cantal and Aveyron.
At about the same time as the North Atlantic opened, the North American plate started to plough northwestward towards and over the ancestral Pacific basin.
Heading northwestward from Prince Albert towards Meadow Lake, one follows a path that is in a natural depression in the land with ranges of hills on either side.
A submarine valley known as the Laurentian Channel, extends northwestward from Cabot Strait, across the central part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, through the Gaspé Passage, and westward to the Saguenay River.
The northern end of the Liard plain narrows into the Tintina Trench which continues northwestward, between the Pelly Mountains to the southwest and the Selwyn Mountains to the northeast.
Together they form a second significant barrier that extends northwestward, gradually blending into the generally rugged terrain of the Yukon Plateau, southeast of Dawson.
On July 6, Cindy developed and intensified and began moving northwestward.
The mountain ranges of the Western Cordillera extend northwestward through British Columbia, then arc to the west across the Yukon and finally southwest over Alaska.
To this end the Hongwu emperor repeatedly sent armies northward and northwestward to punish resurgent Mongol groups and prevent any reconsolidation of Mongol power.
A broad gash in the terrain, the Trench begins in the south near Cranbrook and moves northwestward through Golden and Valemount, passes just to the east of Prince George, then continues north-northwestward.
The new sultanate extended its authority southward by sacking the remains of Pajajaran in 1579 and northwestward by subjugating parts of southern Sumatra by the turn of the 17th century.
The park's features include the spectacular gorges of the Gordon River, which flows northwestward from Lake Richmond into Macquarie Harbour, and of the Franklin River, a southward-flowing tributary to the Gordon.
The valley's fertile soils are fed by two of the nation's main river systems: the Yaque del Norte, which flows generally northwestward, and the Camu-Yuna system, which flows eastward.
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The main migration route is through the Mississippi Valley, northwestward in the spring and southeastward in the fall.
We vaguely located this Asiatic cradle somewhere westward or northwestward of the great plateau of Thibet.
It keeps to its northwestward course and strikes the Louisiana, Texas or Mexico coasts, according to its impulse.
This line starts from Ningyuan and proceeds in a northwestward direction via Hwaiyuanchen to the Yalungkiang.
As results had been meager along here, the sides of the trench were turned to the northward and northwestward.
Upon leaving the Marble grove, Inkpaduta and his band moved leisurely in a northwestward direction.
Coursalle suggested that possibly the band had moved to another lake about four miles to the northwestward.
From Taiyuan, it proceeds northwestward through another rich iron and coal field of Shansi to Kolan.
Keeping to the northwestward, and coasting along the shore, they landed from time to time in search of food.
But at length, at the height of a thousand feet, a very violent breeze swept to the northwestward.
Soudelor was centered 60 km west of Hualien, according to the center, and was moving northwestward at a speed of 19 kph.
This system is likely to intensify further into a Tropical Cyclone in next 12 hours and likely to move in northwestward direction.
In particular, the map shows a band of solid trophy counties running from around the Twin Cities northwestward toward the North Dakota border.
It was out of sight that the coach turned to the left, northwestward.
Dujuan, the 21st typhoon of this year in China, was moving northwestward at a weakening speed of 20 km per hour.
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