west flank

collocation in English

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west
noun[U]
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/west/
the direction in which the sun goes down in the evening, opposite to the east, or the part of an area or country that is in ...
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flank
noun[C]
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/flæŋk/us
/flæŋk/
the area of the body between the ribs and the hips of an animal or ...
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(Definition ofwestandflankfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This work located a vaulted structure buried intact under thewestflankof the later massive temple construction.
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The sandstones are exposed forming extensive crags on thewestflankof the northerly hill, as well as in smaller areas of the southerly hill.
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The route they took was via thewestflankand the north-west ridge.
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Beside solfataras, other thermal features present are hot springs located on the east andwestflankof the volcano.
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The latter feeds a lava flow down thewestflank.
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The volume of thewestflankarea is over; the east flank area's volume is over.
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Traces of the villages can be found on thewestflankof the hill arranged in a semicircle following the contours around the manor house.
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The strategy does not explain how high density development on the east andwestflankexpansion areas furthers this objective.
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It is hypothesised that this structural reorganisation is in response to evolving stress patterns associated with the development of a possible detachment fault under the volcano'swestflank.
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Retracing his steps, he ventured further north on thewestflankof the range until he found a route where he could hike to the top without much effort.
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Olivine is present in abundance on thewestflankof the volcano, but it appears to be present only in the dust that mantles the volcano.
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Farmland is on both east and west flanks.
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The parallel double ramparts on the east and west flanks are connected along the northern border and are unmistakably visible.
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Resistant beds of sandstone are exposed as hogbacks on the steeply upturned east and west flanks of the anticline and are referred to locally as reefs.
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More than 120 wells were drilled into four halite beds on the east and west flanks of the southern part of the valley from 1890 through 1986.
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