(1) Around the inside of the ditch is a small level space called the " berm ", from the inner edge of which rises the parapet, formed by the earth thrown up from the ditch.(2) At the highway, Lucius picked up a rhythm of hoofs and fell to his knees behind a shallow berm , thinly screened from the road by a stand of brush.(3) Another senior sergeant added, ‘We just needed to get across the berm sooner than we did.’(4) As the team stood near the ramp hinge, poised to exit the helicopter, the Sergeant saw a man duck behind a berm at the nine o'clock position.(5) With the initial breach of the enemy defense now gained for his unit, he sprang from the vehicle and began assaulting the berm and ambush line with two Marines.(6) Park cars on the berm before the cliff is reached because the road becomes narrow and treacherous.(7) In some areas near the edge of the berm , new grass has sprouted up along with some small semisucculent plants.(8) The section of track in question is on a raised berm about 10 feet above ground level.(9) Pools that hold water (except during drought conditions) occur in the Park at two locations just behind the Potomac River berm .(10) I sped along the road, which headed across the retreating reservoir, and, as I started to fishtail, realized that this road was actually a berm .(11) The building hovers above a stabilised berm , turning with the river to reinforce landform and contour.(12) Steep profiles usually consist of a marked landward ridge, usually referred to as the berm , which forms the landward limit of wave swash.(13) In addition to these, a laceleaf Japanese maple, a vine maple, blue oat grass, and other ornamentals cover the berm .(14) Behind him on the other side of the trench, was a similar berm called the parados.(15) Driving a potential customer along the road he would suddenly swerve onto the berm , bumping along the road edge to prove what a smooth ride the car gave.(16) The vegetated area may be either a long, grassed, gently sloping channel or a broad, flat area with a slight slope away from the inlet surrounded by a berm or dike.
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