To the east, the land climbed quickly away from the shore.

In its western part, which end in a cliffed coast, the land climbs to a height of over 33 metres.

But slowly the line of light marched down the rocky slopes, and more and more of this harsh, forbidding land climbed into the new day.

The land climbs a little.

The land climbed to a gentle crest across stubble fields dotted by a few trees.

You feel how the land climbs and sinks, how huge clouds creep across the earth.

In the distance, beyond the back of the house, the land climbed and climbed.

The land climbed, not steeply but steadily.

Towards the north, the land climbs steeply, reaching an elevation of 478 m above sea level.

In the last two decades, the population in the 31 counties in the region rose just 5 percent, while developed land, including roads, climbed one-third.