1.   A sunny south-facing mound will lose more precious moisture to evaporation than a shadier northern slope.

2.   Route to summit requires some tough scrambling, before a descent on the grassy northern slopes.

3.   The largest used quarry is at Torphin on the northern slopes.

4.   Distant in the big river, the line of vessels threaded the sandbanks, the sinuous pattern of poles moving past the green northern slopes of the estuary.

5.   He sent a crack division of commandos to the northern slopes of Mount Hermon.

6.   Three disparate fighting groups opposed to the Taliban met urgently in a small town on the northern slopes of the Hindu Kush.

7.   Other showers were observed right along the northern slopes of the island.

8.   Doppler radar detected scattered to numerous light showers moving rapidly southwestward from Aguadilla west through the northern slopes of the island to the vicinity of San Juan.

9.   However, the river outflows along the northern slopes and coasts of Puerto Rico were being prevented by the impoundment of the ocean.

10.   Northwest, interior, and the northern coastal slopes of Puerto Rico should see scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.