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The leeward side is the side distant from or physically in the lee of the prevailing wind, and typically the drier. In an archipelago windward islands are upwind and leeward islands are downwind of the prevailing winds, such as the trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Its opposite, the shore on the windward side of the vessel, is called the weather or windward shore (/ ˈ w ɪ n ər d / or, more commonly, / ˈ w ɪ n d w ər d /). Because of the danger of being driven aground on a lee shore it is essential seamanship to treat one with caution. This is particularly the case with sailing vessels, but a lee ...
[3] St. Louis Post-Dispatch critic John S. Cullinane said that "The Wall" is "the prettiest and the simplest" song on side 1 of Leftoverture and said that Walsh's lead vocal is "flawless." [ 4 ] Classic Rock History critic Brian Kachejian rated "The Wall" as Kansas' all-time best song. [ 5 ]
The formation of slopes of different gradients depends on the one hand on the type of underlying rock of the mountain or hill - and this may result in slopes varying from those on the other side of a mountain, hill or valley – and on the other hand on its local hardness, and circumstances of its deposition (sedimentation, stratigraphy, bedding or jointing), on its resistance to erosion and ...
Gurla Mandhata is a romanization of the Hindi name गुरला मन्धाता, Sanskrit: गन्धमादन.It supposedly derives from a pass near the mountain [4] and the legendary prehistoric Indian king Mandhata of the Raghuvaṃśa branch of the Solar Dynasty, who supposedly conquered the earth and passed the mountain on his way to the sacred lake Manasarovar beside the ...
In the United States Army, tabs are cloth and/or metal arches that are worn on U.S. Army uniforms, displaying a word or words signifying a special skill. On the Army Combat Uniform and Army Service Uniform, the tabs are worn above a unit's shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) and are used to identify a unit's or a soldier's special skill(s) or are worn as part of a unit's SSI as part of its unique ...
Leftoverture is the fourth studio album by American rock band Kansas, released in 1976.The album was reissued in remastered format on CD in 2001. It was the band's first album to be certified by the RIAA, and remains their highest selling album, having been certified 5 times platinum in the United States.
Swargarohini (IAST: svargārohiṇī) is a mountain massif in the Saraswati (Bandarpunch) Range of the Garhwal Himalaya.It lies in the Uttarkashi District of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, west of the Gangotri group of peaks.