Meanings of rise perpendicularly in английском

The mountains, which in ancient times formed its shores, all rise perpendicularly in the direction of the plain.

Its western shore also appears to rise perpendicularly from the sea, and it is higher than the eastern.

But it did not rise perpendicularly.

From the sides of the stream the granite walls of the cañon, or gorge, rise perpendicularly for three thousand feet.

They descend as deeply as two hundred feet, and rise perpendicularly two, three, and four hundred feet from the water.

Destiny has some extremities which rise perpendicularly from the impossible, and beyond which life is no longer anything but a precipice.

For five and three quarter miles these rocks rise perpendicularly from the water's edge to the height of nearly twelve hundred feet.

Its shores rise perpendicularly on all sides except that which is opposite Tjapka, in which direction it sinks with a steep slope.

These images remained motionless at intervals, they then seemed to rise perpendicularly, descended sideways, and returned to the point whence they had departed.

Basaltic rocks rise perpendicularly, so that it is impossible to get from the plain to the water, or from the river margin to the plain.

For a distance of about six miles the rocks rise perpendicularly from the margin of the river to the height of 1,200 feet.

The breeze continually changes its direction and blows inshore; thence it rises perpendicularly.

He had chosen a spot where the rock rose perpendicularly above the road.

From this flat shelf the cliffs rose perpendicularly, as they did from the sea.

Three-quarters of its boundary rose perpendicularly out of the sea.

A wall of rock there rises perpendicularly to the height of eight hundred toises.