Six miles east of Lanercost, I reach the tranquil bend of the River Irthing, where a new bridge carries the long-distance footpath to the hamlet of Willowford.

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There's an Arkansas National Guard medevac unit at Camp Delta just outside the city of Al Kut on a bend of the Tigris river about 60 miles south of Baghdad.

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But today, only the Big Bend portion of the river can support the large crane population.

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It didn't, but other documents placed the property at a bend of the Nairn River.

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On its tidy streets, cradled in a bend of the Sundays River, are more than 220 buildings designated as national monuments, many of which now house museums, galleries, guesthouses and restaurants.

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Taylor's elegant government villa is perched on the bend of Diamond Hill, looking onto Nigeria's wide Cross River and the lush green forests beyond.

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But it stands now where none can avoid seeing it, on a bend in the river at the centre of Moscow.

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As well as moving any fallen trees from the river, the authority intends to clear the gravel bar at the bend in the Water of Ruchill, where it burst its banks, to reduce the pressure on the eroded bank.

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Every time the trees rustled in the breeze, my ears pricked up at an auditory illusion of a rushing river just around the next bend.

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Sheltered and hidden away at a bend in the river, shaded by trees, stands a yurt in one of the most beautiful locations in a country of beautiful locations.

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