The whole of Suzdal stretches barely a mile along the curving river.
A chance discovery at a distinguished London map fair in 2012 by a Belgian globe collector produced the most unique of finds: a distinct globe with mysterious images, such as old ships, sailors, a volcano, a hybrid monster, pentimenti, waving patterns, conic individualised mountains, curving rivers, vigorous costal lines, chiaroscuro and an unresolved triangular anagram, which remains an enigma.
As we proceed to modernity, the compositions of Burton's paintings have fixed elements — a central curving river or a central curving driveway snaking off into the mountains.
Scott Bradely's scenic design, with a curving sliver of river upstage, is lovely.
The self-consciously grand buildings of the former British area, known as the Bund, which fringes a curving sweep of the Huangpu river, still stand and now house decadently expensive restaurants and wallet-sapping designer boutiques.
In the distance, a tiny nuclear plant nests in a curve of the river.
The falls extend for 60 miles (100 km) along a curve of the river between Ubundu and Kisangani.
In a curve of the river Clyde, the Dalzell Estate was established in the ninth century as a royal hunting forest.
On a curve in the river that offers spectacular views of Manhattan and New York Harbor, earthmovers are at work on a public park.
"That bend up there has been good to me," Mr. Kelley said, pointing to a curve of the river where he has netted thousands of paddlefish.
Part of the problem is that the fences and walls cover a limited area here in the Rio Grande Valley sector — just under 54 miles staking out a relatively straight boundary near the 316 curving miles of river border.
