limestone hill

collocation in English

meaningsoflimestoneandhill

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limestone
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlaɪm.stəʊn/us
/ˈlaɪm.stoʊn/
a white or light grey rock that is used as a building material and in the making ...
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hill
noun[C]
uk
/hɪl/us
/hɪl/
an area of land that is higher than the ...
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(Definition oflimestoneandhillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is situated on a smalllimestonehilloverlooking the shallow reef that extends from the northern end of the island.
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It is a grass-coveredlimestonehillwhich reaches a height of 470 metres (1542 feet).
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The entrance of the cave is a hole of about 1 metre wide in diameter, visible from alimestonehill.
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The settlements were built on top of a naturallimestonehill, which has a dimension of about in diameter at its base.
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The village stood on a lowlimestonehilloverlooking the shoreline of two small bays.
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Revivim was built on alimestonehillsurrounded by a plateau.
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The terrain is crested by limestone hills broken by steep drainage channels.
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It also recovers useful sulphur, in the form of sulphuric acid, thus saving on imports, and it uses up less of our handsome limestone hills than the cheapest method.
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The limestone hills which form the almost treeless plateau are generally steep but fertile.
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On the farm were caves in the limestone hills, and these were exploited by the local people for fertilizer.
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The mole lives in deciduous forest among limestone hills between about 200and 300 elevation.
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It typically grows on dry limestone hills and canyons above 5,000 feet elevation.
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The north of the department is composed by limestone hills.
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The limestone hills contain many caves, most having beautiful stalactites and stalagmites.
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The basin is surrounded by rugged karstic limestone hills on the east and south, forming a triangular geographical trough covering more than.
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To the west are karstic limestone hills very similar in nature to those that the site itself occupies.
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They scooped out the lakes and rounded off the limestone hills along the northern border.
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These form a landscape characterised by steep sided limestone hills (called mogotes) and flat, fertile valleys.
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The exception is outward in the west and northwest directions, where limestone hills are evident, some of which have straight-up exposed cliffs.
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The limestone hills further inland are covered in tangled maquis shrubland.
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