Sentence examples for patch of rocky from inspiring English sources

What remains of this salient is a patch of rocky, mountainous terrain with few settlements, difficult for rebels to hold, since Mr Assad has a monopoly of air power and heavy artillery.Yabroud's fall may prove to be a minor watershed.

Those most ardently opposed to the development contend that the schools -- which South Orange shares with Maplewood -- will become overcrowded, the streets will become congested and an opportunity to preserve the rare patch of rocky open space will be forever lost.

Rough woodlands, patches of rocky heath, and peat bogs create gaps in the pattern of agricultural settlement.

At Madh, large patches of rocky exposures are seen.

Only small patches of rocky shore interrupt the sand beaches within the region.

The eddies along many sections of the LCR shoreline encompass patches of rocky, sandy, muddy, and weedy substrates that resemble the mosaics of habitat types described in the African Great Lakes [ 4].

These two regions are also remarkable for their geographic location in a complex and narrow contact zone between the Caatinga and Cerrado biomes, where intense erosional processes presumably have isolated patches of rocky habitats that reduced gene flow and promoted allopatric divergence.

As patches of the rocky landscape got cleared of the deadly Mexican shrub, Krishen had to figure out what to plant in its place.

He built this place from scratch, on a patch of wild and rocky land.

Park may survive what has become the worst patch of an already rocky four years in office.

The Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two host has in the past paid tribute to 53-year-old Cook as "a very patient man", following a number of rocky patches in their relationship.