northern border

collocation in English

meaningsofnorthernandborder

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northern
adjective
uk
/ˈnɔː.ðən/us
/ˈnɔːr.ðɚn/
in or from the north part of ...
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border
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɔː.dər/us
/ˈbɔːr.dɚ/
a line that has been agreed to divide one country ...
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(Definition ofnorthernandborderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, a similar although less dynamic trend was recorded in allnorthernborderstates.
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She appears even more vulnerable than ever to aggression along hernorthernborder.
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But those fighters are few and exhausted, and their influence in thenorthernborderlands seems to be in substantial decline.
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But are the regulations enforced and, more important, do their security forces make any effort to stop explosives being moved about the country and particularly across thenorthernborder?
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Most people live on thenorthernborderor the eastern coast; much of the remainder of the country is sparsely populated.
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It forms thenorthernborderof the county and the state border with actual border being the low water mark on the south side.
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Outwash deposits occur primarily along thenorthernborderof the basin.
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Sloan, a small community that once existed on the township'snorthernborder, is also extinct.
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It was created in 1912 following the expansion of the province'snorthernborder, and has existed continuously since that time.
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Outremont also has a rail yard along itsnorthernborder.
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Thenorthernborderof the county stabilized in the early 14th century.
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The village is on thenorthernborderof the commune with the rest of the commune entirely farmland.
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It runs close to thenorthernborderof the municipality.
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Treants still roam the forest, but mainly occupy thenorthernborder, ever watchful of loggers and poachers.
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They scooped out the lakes and rounded off the limestone hills along thenorthernborder.
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The two volcanos form part of the municipalitys and statesnorthernborder.
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Located on thenorthernborderof the municipality, it covers an area of 5.39 km and a population of 40,033.
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Thenorthernborderof their range, in particular, would have contracted frequently with the onset of cold periods.
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The river flows in the northwestern direction, crossing the district up to itsnorthernborder.
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Interstate 80 runs on the northern part of community and also serves as anorthernborder.
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