Sentence examples similar to formidable highlands from inspiring English sources

Agricultural development in the Gībē River basin led to the formation of Oromo states to the southwest of Shewa; the Gonga people developed their own states in the Kefa highlands on the west bank of the Omo River; and a line that claimed Solomonic descent established a formidable regional kingdom in northern Shewa.

Identifying those highlands proved to be difficult.

This formidable range creates the major pitch of Afghanistan from northeast to southwest and, along with its subsidiary ranges, divides Afghanistan into three distinct geographic regions, which roughly can be designated as the central highlands, the northern plains, and the southwestern plateau.

Formidable creature.

But formidable obstacles remain.

The foes were formidable.

They face formidable problems.

The challenges are formidable.

Fenger faces formidable odds.

These are formidable obstacles.

The odds are formidable.