Sentence examples for northwestward from inspiring English sources

Although the coast swings northwestward at the border with Peru, forming an elbow, the previous maritime boundary ran due west (see map).

The park's features include the spectacular gorges of the Gordon River, which flows northwestward from Lake Richmond into Macquarie Harbour, and of the Franklin River, a southward-flowing tributary to the Gordon.

The valley's fertile soils are fed by two of the nation's main river systems: the Yaque del Norte, which flows generally northwestward, and the Camu-Yuna system, which flows eastward.

The second phase of the Ichigo campaign was a Japanese drive southward from Hankou and northwestward from Guangzhou to take Guilin and open the communication line to the India-China border.

On November 11, 1853, from Linyanti at the approaches to the Zambezi and in the midst of the Makololo peoples whom he considered eminently suitable for missionary work, Livingstone set out northwestward with little equipment and only a small party of Africans.

This water continues westward across the southern part of the North Atlantic as part of the warm North Equatorial Current, which turns northwestward as the Antilles Current upon reaching the West Indies and completes the North Atlantic circulation pattern.

The storm began as a low-pressure area in the Pacific Ocean on September 20, gaining strength as it moved northwestward.

The head of the bay connects with Presqu'ile Bay and Lake Ontario through the Murray Canal; the Trent Canal runs northwestward to Georgian Bay.

Several short but high and steep ranges running southwest-northeast there meet the southern sides of ranges running westward and northwestward.

To the north is the east-west valley of the Tariku and Taritatu rivers, tributaries of the northwestward-flowing Mamberamo River.

It rises in the Mantiqueira Mountains almost in sight of Rio de Janeiro city and descends inland, west-northwestward, in many falls and rapids.