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"We cut over the fields at the back with him between us – straight as the crow flies – through hedge and ditch." [1] While crows do conspicuously fly alone across open country, they do not fly in especially straight lines. [3] While crows do not swoop in the air like swallows or starlings, they often circle above their nests. [3]
Pairwise distances effectively "cut corners" in a manner analogous to geographic distance: the distance between two cities may be 100 miles "as the crow flies," but a traveler may actually be obligated to travel 120 miles because of the layout of roads, the terrain, stops along the way, etc.
As the crow flies, the two points are 466 km (290 mi) apart. The shortest road distance from Malin to Mizen is approximately 569 km (354 mi). The distance of the routes commonly taken have been reported as between 600 and 644 km (373 and 413 miles). [2] [3]
In this view Table Mountain is seen "side on" from the east. It is the view of the mountain that greets a visitor to Cape Town arriving by road (particularly along the N2). The distance from Constantia Nek to the lower slopes of Devil's Peak on the right hand side of the photograph is nine kilometres or 5.6 miles (as the crow flies).
The whole journey was captured by filmmaker Ian Burton for the feature documentary As the Crow Flies. [105] [106] [107] In 2022, George Bromley, who had broken his neck playing rugby for the Army, completed a 44-day solo "Beeline" journey from Land's End to John o'Groats, but bad weather had frustrated his plan to kayak across the Bristol Channel.
Common synonyms for geomorphometry are geomorphological analysis (after geomorphology), terrain morphometry, terrain analysis, and land surface analysis. Geomorphometrics is the discipline based on the computational measures of the geometry , topography and shape of the Earth's horizons, and their temporal change. [ 2 ]
In the south, it begins in an area just west of the Benin and Osse (Ovia) river occupied by the Ilaje Yorubas and continues uninterrupted up to Porto Novo, a total distance of about 280 km as the crow flies. West of Porto Novo Gbe speakers begin to predominate. The northern section is thus more expansive than the southern coastal section.
The obvious difficulty was that, with the target lying some 1,050 kilometres (650 mi) from Bomber Command's bases as the crow flies, or 1,300 kilometres (800 mi) by the best indirect tactical route, it was impossible for 320 km/h (200 mph) bombers to fly there and back in darkness at midsummer.