Pinpointed accuracy of the winding courses of rivers and familiarity with scaled distance had been known since the Qin and Han Dynasty, respectively, as evidenced by their existing maps, while the use of a rectangular grid had been known in China since the Han as well.
Gruber, the 30th racer down the mountain, made up more than three-tenths of a second on the bottom of the tight, winding course and finished in 1 21.21 for his first career top-three finish.
The lake behind the dam held a huge volume of water that roared down the winding course of the Little Conemaugh River before slamming into Johnstown in one of the worst disasters in American history.
"They came this way," he says, describing how his ancestors followed the winding course of the Colorado River and ranged over hundreds of miles of what is now western Arizona and southeastern California.
The most difficult trick could be in skier-cross and snowboard-cross, where the winding course of about two-thirds of a mile will feature man-made undulations and jumps.
The winding course of the Vltava, with its succession of bridges and changing vistas, contrasts with the ever-present backdrop of the great castle of Hradčany (Prague Castle), which dominates the left-bank region of the city from behind massive walls set high on a hill.
The Yauza and the Moscow are controlled by stone embankments for most of their winding courses through the city.
With the exception of wealthy Fieldston, each has its share of high- and low-rise brick apartment buildings, many plotted along the winding course of the Henry Hudson Parkway.
It is possible that the winding course of the arteries in bulls compensates for the shorter length of the terminal branches of the testicular artery compared with those of humans.
It enters the Ganges (Ganga) River opposite Patna after a winding course of 475 miles (765 km).
