Sentence examples for steep overhang from inspiring English sources

From the saddle, we walked diagonally up across a steep overhang, toward the Western summit.

Erosion had left the mountain with a steep overhang of its limestone layer.

Sandstone rocks are known for their steep overhangs and frequent horizontal breaks.

The steep overhangs, fairly-tale ornamentation and open floor plans were marketed to homemakers, and more than 6,000 of the homes were built under the Vandruff franchise.

Once the canyons were built out with the homes of studio chiefs and matinee idols, increasing demand for a "house in the hills" — that marker of one's arrival as a player in Hollywood — meant development began to creep up into the steep overhangs and narrow switchback trails above.

'Half tunnels,' which are excavated as overhangs within steep slopes of hard rocks, have an advantage over conventional full tunnels or open excavations in that they involve less cost and time.

The rock, which is so steep that its top overhangs the sides, rises to an elevation of 1,144 feet (349 metres) above sea level and is some 600 feet (180 metres) above the surrounding plain.

Based loosely on GMC 's Yukon platform, the H2 has short overhangs for steep departure and approach angles (so you can scale basketball-size boulders without scratching the trim), a 6-liter V-8 and full-time all-wheel drive.

People clung to steep embankments and under narrow overhangs, or zipped themselves into tents on soupy pavement.

Most species avoid locations with strong currents or waves, and typical sites include rocky overhangs, crevices and caves, steep slopes of continental shelves, and in the bottoms of deep oceans.

To the south the two steep gradients meet and form the Mahafaly and the Androy plateaus, which overhang the sea in precipitous cliffs.