western flank

collocation in English

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western
adjective
uk
/ˈwes.tən/us
/ˈwes.tɚn/
in or from the west of ...
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flank
noun[C]
uk
/flæŋk/us
/flæŋk/
the area of the body between the ribs and the hips of an animal or ...
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(Definition ofwesternandflankfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The land that matters is in the area around the head of the dock and the broad belt down itswesternflank.
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Clerfayt's outnumbered corps found itself unable to defend thewesternflank.
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The range'swesternflankis the site of a series of now-semi-abandoned mining towns.
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The peak is almost centered within the black shape that has tentacle-shaped lava flows extending down thewesternflank.
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Intense erosion on thewesternflankof the mountain has destroyed much of those flanks.
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Later in the 12th century the town developed around thewesternflankof the castle.
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Several short climbing routes run up a small rock slab on itswesternflank.
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One of the lava flows traveled down a 30% to 35% grade over the landslide scar on thewesternflank.
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On itswesternflankare the remains of ancient settlements and field systems.
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This volcanism occurred mainly at the shield's summit and on itswesternflank.
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Several hot springs exist high up on thewesternflankof the mountain.
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Today the mountain is mostly ascended on itswesternflank.
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Until 5000 years ago the activity in the caldera created several post-caldera lava domes on the northern andwesternflank.
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In this paper they argue that a large part of thewesternflankhas been constructed in the scar of a previous collapse and therefore sits upon unstable debris.
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However, the agency soon downgraded it back to a low-pressure only six hours later, when the system remained poorly organised with convection confined to thewesternflank.
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To strengthen the security of the place on thewesternflank, its weakest, they built a wall defended by a complex of trenches dug in the rock in v- section.
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Augereau's division on thewesternflankhad 9,000 men.
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Numerous hot springs and fumaroles are found on the northern and western flanks of the volcano.
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Much of its western flanks are afforested with conifer plantations.
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