Sentences with phrase «windward side»

Air forced up the slopes of mountain barriers is often sufficiently moist to produce considerable precipitation on windward sides of mountains, whereas subsiding air on the lee slopes produces more - arid conditions.

This releases moisture and causes rain on windward side.

While people in the wealthier sites used obsidian and high quality stone tools imported from the mainland, the people at the small windward side sites often made tools of shell.

On the wetter windward side you'll find lush Iao Valley and the scenic road to Hana.

Unlike other windward side sites, Ek Luum includes monumental architecture as well as residences.

Windward side of Hawaii Rain Forest - forests in which large amounts of rain fall year - round.

The wind has also brought rain, washing the verdant mountain forests on the windward side of the islands.

This insistence of life is most telling on the windward side of the islands.

Its post office is designated Kailua - Kona to differentiate it from Kailua located on the windward side of Oʻahu island, and it is sometimes referred to as Kona in everyday speech.

The frothy seas are continually tearing away at the windward sides of all the islands, the homemade weather wears down the mountains; the dynamic forces of eruption are still building.

Blowing sands overwhelm and bury vegetation, buildings and parking lots on the dune's windward side, and the tree hollows are being exhumed on the hill's leeward slope.

Here, sand blowing across the windward side of the dune suddenly becomes sheltered from the wind by the dune itself.

I do plan on moving to the windward side or the south shore in the future.

The Leeward Coast of the Oahu is vastly different than the Windward side.

Now two locations on the Windward side of Oahu - Kailua and Kaneohe delivering 1st class boarding facilities for CATS only.

From this location there is easy access to the Robert Bradshaw International Airport, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Brimstone Hill, downtown Basseterre and the local beaches of both leeward and windward sides of the Caribbean Sea.

About a half hour from Honolulu, on the windward side of Oahu, this little beach town presents a mellow alternative to Waikiki, with plenty of room for kiteboarding or windsurfing.

H.A. Baldwin is the most popular beach on the windward side of the island.

As is often the case with coral reefs on the windward side of an island, the barrier reef off Grand Cayman's eastern shore has developed as a series of high - relief coral formations separated by deep canyons, and riddled with crevices, undercuts and grottoes.

Located on the windward side of the island between our Princeville rentals and Lihue, it is a refreshing stop on the way to or from North Shore Kauai.

The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System is located about half a mile from the windward side of the island, where you can find several Belize Barrier Reef resorts.

About three - quarters of a mile off shore, draped along the beach on the windward side of the island is the longest and most spectacular coral necklace in the Western Hemisphere, the Belize Barrier Reef.

At Kualoa, an attraction on the island's windward side, tours take clients to familiar landmarks from blockbusters including «Jurassic Park» and «Lost.»

On the windward side is Happy Island, a Caribbean island made entirely out of conch shells, where a unique quirky bar invites you to enjoy a range of rum infused cocktails.

Located on the Windward side of Nevis, the Aquarium is a truly virgin dive spot aptly named for its variety of fish.

The Hawaiian Islands are generally drier on the western, or leeward side, and wetter on the eastern, or windward side.

Add to that the fact that the windward side of the island is too rough for beaches makes at least half the island unsuitable for development.

What to Expect: Emerald foliage, ocean vistas, and petite plantation towns highlight one of Hawaii's best drives on Mauna Kea's windward side.

These trees are most - common along the windward side of Ambergris Caye.

Our charming 2 and 4 bedroom oceanfront cottages on Maui's north shore (windward side) are in the quaint town of Paia.

Located on the windward side of Oahu, this beach is fairy small (only half of a mile long), but has turquoise waters that are generally calm and clear.

We'll trek deep into one of the verdant valleys on the mountain's windward side on a full - or half - day hike that ranges from moderate to strenuous.

The channel also gives deep - water frontage to several of the «Inner Cayes» on the windward side, such as Elbow, Channel, Crawl, Bakers Rendezvous, Long Coco, Mosquito, Moho and Laughing Bird cayes.

Modern sediments around the site include sandy - muds in inland lagoons (composed mainly of peneroplid foraminifera) and on the windward side, a 3.3 yard raised beach 44 - 98 yards wide, of calcareous sand.

Bordered by a wide channel, this site is exposed to a flood of lagoon water and sometimes ocean swells that cross the lagoon from the windward side.

This is the windward side of the island which is cooler and rainier in the winter months.

Other larger communities dating to the Late Classic period are also found on the windward side of Ambergris Caye.

On the windward side of the island, communities did not have access to exotic goods to the degree of their wealthier neighbors.

This comprehensive half - day North Shore tour begins with a drive over the Ko'olau Mountains to the windward side of the island.

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The Barrier Reef lies about half a mile off the windward side of the island.

On the windward side of the banks, there are a variety of wrecks from all time periods — everything from tankers to (rumor has it) a sunken German U-boat and XVII - century Spanish galleons.

Hale Koa is located right on the beach on the windward side of the North Shore in Oahu.