Sentence examples for westward direction from inspiring English sources

I also took a shorter, and unmapped, route in a westward direction from Petipet through the camps and aguadas of Arroyon and Caldera to reach Uaxactun.

The region is subject to destructive tropical cyclones that form over the open ocean and head for shore in a generally westward direction.

Rising in the mountains of Jaén province, it flows in a generally westward direction for 408 miles (657 km), emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, on the Gulf of Cádiz.

Harold Rosenberg once described the group, of which he was so distinguished a member, as "a herd of independent minds". The herd had assembled as if in illustration of Bishop Berkeley's contention that not only the course of empire but also the course of learning moves inevitably in a westward direction.

The historical progression of units has followed a generally westward direction, the units of the ancient empires of the Middle East finding their way, mostly as a result of trade and conquest, to the Greek and then the Roman empires, thence to Gaul and Britain via Roman expansion.

The generals believe in one thing above all that Turkey's future lies in a westward direction.

While this may result from low power, the proposed west to east spread is also opposite to most other range expansions in the Mediterranean, which have occurred in a north-westward direction in response to increasing sea temperature [ 51].

The present summit crater (5,023 m; base at 1,800 m above sea level (a.s.l).) is breached to the northwest, directing lava flows and PDCs, together with the general westward wind direction for PDCs and ash clouds.

Where B is positive, i.e., pointing upward from the surface, the Y-component of the current is negative, i.e., westward, since the direction of F x × B z is in the - Y direction.

According to the Tungurahua Volcano Observatory reports (http://www.igepn.edu.ec/index.php/informes/volcanicos.html), the February 4 emission drifted westward in the direction of the Pillate station while the February 22 – 25, and March 3 – 7 emissions drifted southwestward in the direction of the Choglontus and Cahuají stations.

On May 15 he broke through the French defenses into open country, turning westward in the direction of the English Channel.