The first was Switzerland: safe Switzerland, protected by mountains and international banking.
The site is naturally protected by mountains and canyons and is divided into five areas.
Originally, it was protected by sheer mountains which led the European powers to build ports and agricultural settlements on other islands.
And in a low bowl, protected by mountains on all sides, a sudden alien splash of green.
Biñan City is protected by mountains in the peripheral areas, and thus it is making the area cooler.
Protected by taller mountains around them, the summit was not a sheet of ice, but instead, about a foot deep in snow.
This country, being protected by forests, bogs and mountains, is difficult to raid and easy to defend.
It is well protected from the easterly winds and other external influences by mountains.
The site was protected all around by mountains and was itself at a high altitude.
The wind was down or we were protected by mountains that bounded the curve the lake had made.