eastern flank

collocation in English

meaningsofeasternandflank

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eastern
adjective
uk
/ˈiː.stən/us
/ˈiː.stɚn/
in or from the east part 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 ofeasternandflankfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At theeasternflank, the same amount of mass moves down to compensate the mass loss at the foot.
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Havering hovers round theeasternflankof our great metropolis.
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However, fumaroles located at about 2740 m elevation on theeasternflankproduce nearly constant plumes of condensate and minor amounts of sulfurous gases.
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Theeasternflankof the house has a tall chimney and a broad gable.
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The dock was built on theeasternflankof the town, and is regarded by archaeologists as an engineering feat of the highest order.
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Behind, the machine-gunners will ensure that they are not engaged from the openeasternflank.
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The battalion'seasternflankalso received some accurate artillery fire, causing five casualties.
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A young lava flows are found on theeasternflankof the volcano.
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The western edge was a long ridge, while theeasternflankwas situated on a basalt outcrop.
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Theeasternflankbows outward around the summit area as the fell widens and then narrows again.
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All the trails, especially that over theeasternflank, require sure-footedness.
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It has two solfatara fields on theeasternflank.
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This placed the front andeasternflankof the church in a crossfire.
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It rises fairly steeply on itseasternflank.
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Primarily composed of gravel and sand, the near-shore zone is famously muddy towards itseasternflank.
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There are also ash cloud deposits on the oppositeeasternflankof the volcano.
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At the end of the century it was expanded on itseasternflankto create a new castle.
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On theeasternflankis a wood with permitted rights of way.
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The second volcanic event produced a sequence of lavas and breccias on theeasternflankof the main ridge.
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A small crater also intrudes slightly into theeasternflank.
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