In particular, once the mountain barrier had been overcome, the settlers from the Sydney area moved inland and to the north.

As air flows over mountain barriers, orographic lift can create a variety of cloud effects.

This slows down the frontal rainband just before the mountain barrier.

But history and economics can isolate a place as effectively as mountain barriers or xenophobic leaders.

On 24 October they came up to what seemed an impenetrable mountain barrier.

Three small figures riding swiftly towards the black mountain barrier which rose over the world like a brooding God.

On the other hand, Dzungaria has a fair amount of grass, few towns to base soldiers in and no significant mountain barriers to the west.

To the north, west, and southwest there are no mountain barriers to neighboring countries.

If moisture is not sufficient, such as when a system has previously moved across a mountain barrier, cold fronts can pass without cloudiness.

The mountain barrier increases the strength of the low level wind by 45 percent.