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2003–04 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

Late on 9 March, Gafilo made landfall north of Morombe, Madagascar, and the system started to make a three-day clockwise loop over the south part of Madagascar.

Ascheberg

The neighbouring cities, towns and municipalities of Ascheberg are (clockwise, starting in the North) the city Münster, the town Drensteinfurt (District Warendorf), the city Hamm, the town Werne (District Unna, the municipalities Nordkirchen and Senden (both District Coesfeld)

Bad Wurzach

The communities are, beginning in the north and going clockwise, Eberhardzell and Rot an der Rot in the county Biberach, and Aitrach, Aichstetten, Leutkirch im Allgäu, Kißlegg, Wolfegg and Bad Waldsee in the county Ravensburg.

Ban Phaeng District

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Tha Uthen, Si Songkhram and Na Thom of Nakhon Phanom Province, and Bueng Khong Long of Bueng Kan Province.

Bang Krathum Subdistrict

Clockwise from the north, the subdistrict is bordered by Wang Nam Khu (of Amphoe Mueang Phitsanulok), Tha Tan, Nakhon Pa Mak, Phai Lom, Ta Fo (of Amphoe Mueang Phichit in Phichit Province), Sanam Khli, Khok Salut and Ban Rai.

Boann

Boann challenged the power of the well by walking around it counter-clockwise; this caused the waters to surge up violently and rush down to the sea, creating the River Boyne.

Broadfields Estate

Buses going towards Queensbury (other direction) serves Bushfield Crescent (clockwise), then Glengall Road, and then Broadfields Avenue before eventually entering the A41 and Edgwarebury Lane.

Bueng Khong Long District

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Ban Phaeng and Na Thom of Nakhon Phanom Province, and Seka and Bung Khla of Bueng Kan Province.

Church of Our Saviour, Copenhagen

The French painter and illustrator Édouard Riou has depicted the church in the original French illustrated version of A Journey to the Center of the Earth, but has the spire turned the wrong way around, that is, clockwise instead of anticlockwise.

Clawton

The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north-west by the parishes of Pyworthy, Holsworthy Hamlets, Ashwater, and Tetcott.

County of Blankenburg

As of 1789, the Principality of Blankenburg was surrounded by (from the north clockwise): Brandenburg (County of Stolberg-Wernigerode and Principality of Halberstadt), Anhalt-Bernburg, Brandenburg (County of Hohnstein), and Brunswick-Grubenhagen.

Dassow

In a clockwise direction, beginning in the north, the following cities and municipalities border on Dassow: Kalkhorst, Roggenstorf, Papenhusen, Schönberg and Lübeck (Priwall, now a district within Travemünde).

Dongshi District

The township is bounded by (clockwise from the north) Zhuolan Township (Miaoli County), Heping Rural Township, Xinshe Rural Township, Shigang Rural Township, Fengyuan City, Houli Rural Township, and Sanyi Rural Township (Miaoli County).

Düsseldorf-Düsseltal

Düsseltal's neighboring boroughs are, clockwise from the north: Rath, Grafenberg, Flingern, and Derendorf.

Enkenbach-Alsenborn

Neighbouring municipalities are - in a clockwise direction - Neuhemsbach, Sippersfeld, Kerzenheim, Ramsen (Pfalz), Wattenheim, Fischbach (Kaiserslautern district), Kaiserslautern and Mehlingen.

Fang District

Neighboring districts are (from the northeast, clockwise) Mae Ai of Chiang Mai Province, Mae Suai of Chiang Rai Province, Chai Prakan of Chiang Mai Province again and Shan State of Myanmar.

G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway

Clockwise, it follows the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay to Hangzhou, where it turns north and becomes concurrent with G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway and G2501 Hangzhou Ring Expressway.

Gönnebek

Neighbouring villages (clockwise beginning north) are Rendswühren, Bornhöved, Trappenkamp, Rickling and Groß Kummerfeld.

Huixquilucan de Degollado

It borders (counter-clockwise from north) the municipalities of Naucalpan, Lerma, Ocoyoacac, and the boroughs of Cuajimalpa and Miguel Hidalgo of the Distrito Federal (Mexico City).

Kabalebo

Clockwise, the Kabalebo resort borders the Upper Coppename River and resort to the East, it's adjacent to the Coeroeni River and resort in the South, bordered in the North across the Courantyne River to Guyana and also to Nickerie.

Kabang District

Neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise) Saba Yoi of Songkhla Province, Yaha of Yala province and the state Kedah of Malaysia.

Khuan Don District

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Mueang Satun, Tha Phae and Khuan Kalong of Satun Province, Sadao of Songkhla Province, and the state Perlis of Malaysia.

Lake Washington

The cities and towns bordering the lake, going clockwise from the west, are Seattle, Lake Forest Park, Kenmore, Kirkland, Yarrow Point, Hunts Point, Medina, Bellevue, Beaux Arts Village, Newcastle, and Renton.

Luffincott

The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Tetcott, Ashwater, St Giles on the Heath and Northcott.

Mae Ai District

Neighboring districts are (from the southwest clockwise) Fang of Chiang Mai Province, Shan State of Myanmar, Mae Fa Luang, Mueang Chiang Rai and Mae Suai of Chiang Rai Province.

Mae Chan Fault

Among the members of this set of parallel clockwise moving faults are the Jinghong Fault stretching from Kengtung, Myanmar to Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, the Nan Ma Fault, Muang Houn Fault, and Dien Bien Phu Fault.

Nam Nao District

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Phu Luang and Phu Kradueng of Loei Province, Phu Pha Man of Khon Kaen Province, Khon San of Chaiyaphum Province, and Lom Sak and Lom Kao of Phetchabun Province.

Nochiya Region

Also worth mentioning are the other Kurdish tribes, whom the Nochiyaye shared their vast territory with, clockwise from Nochiya: The Nehri (central), The Khumara (north), who are relatives to Bagzadeh and were most powerful kurdish tribes from 15th century until 1870, The Zarza (south-east), The Bradost (south), The Gardi (south-west), The Barzan (south-west), The Herki Banaji (west) and The Oramar (north-west).

Ostprignitz-Ruppin

Neighboring are (from north clockwise) the districts Müritz and Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts

Pang Mapha District

Neighboring districts are (from southeast clockwise) Pai, Mueang Mae Hong Son of Mae Hong Son Province and Shan State of Myanmar.

Phop Phra District

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Mae Sot, Mueang Tak, Wang Chao of Tak Province, Ban Rai of Uthai Thani Province, Umphang of Tak Province again and Kayin State of Myanmar.

Pyworthy

It is surrounded clockwise from the north-west by the parishes of Bridgerule, a small part of Pancrasweek, Holsworthy Hamlets and Holsworthy, and Clawton.

Sexten

The commune is bordered, clockwise from the west, by Toblach, Innichen, Sillian (Austria), Kartitsch (Austria), Comelico Superiore (Belluno) and Auronzo di Cadore, (Belluno).

Sivaslı

Sivaslı district area neighbors those of four other districts of the same province from north to south, clockwise Karahallı, Ulubey, Uşak central district, and Banaz and ranges Sandıklı district of Afyonkarahisar Province in the east and Çivril district of Denizli Province in the southeast.

Sutcombe

The parish, which lies about 5.5 miles north of the town of Holsworthy, is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of West Putford, Abbots Bickington, Milton Damerel, Holsworthy Hamlets and Bradworthy.

Than To District

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Bannang Sata of Yala province, Si Sakhon of Narathiwat Province, Betong of Yala province again and the state Kedah of Malaysia.

Thornliebank

57 runs in an anti-clockwise circle: Auchinairn, Springburn, City Centre, Shawlands, Thornliebank Arden and Darnley Housing Schemes, then onto Silverburn, Ibrox, Glasgow City Centre, Springburn & Auchinairn.

Tin Cup Chalice

The Japan Cup Dirt is run clockwise around the oval (as many English races are run, and as American races once were run before the American Revolutionary War) so Tin Cup Chalice was tested, as a requirement of the Japan Racing Club, to determine his ability to adapt to running against his usual direction.

Tour du Mont Blanc

The route passes through seven valleys around the Mont-Blanc massif, an anti-clockwise start in Chamonix would lead through the Chamonix (or Arve) valley, then Montjoie, Vallee des Glaciers, Italian Val Veni, & Val Ferret, Swiss Val Ferret, and either the Arpette or Trient valley in Switzerland, dependent on route taken.


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