hill slope

collocation in English

meaningsofhillandslope

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hill
noun[C]
uk
/hɪl/us
/hɪl/
an area of land that is higher than the ...
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slope
noun[C]
uk
/sləʊp/us
/sloʊp/
a surface that lies at an angle to the horizontal so that some points on it are higher ...
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(Definition ofhillandslopefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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First, topographic position, which could be either bottomland, lower hill (lower twothirds of ahillslope), or upper hill (upper third of ahillslopeor hill top).
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As a result of their efforts, a zinc-roofed wing with four classrooms was erected on thehillslopebehind the old building.
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Selangau mission has undergone a lot of development, not only in buildings but also the stations of the cross on thehillslope.
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Four years after the opening, a landslip occurred at thehillslopebehind the two buildings and caused considerable damage.
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The name was given to the public housing estate far north on thehillslope.
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The camp is largely situated in ahillslope.
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The property is made up of a flat upper area that drops off into a steephillslope.
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There are raking retaining walls on each side to the entrance, following the steep incline of thehillslope.
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He and his team manually dug holes of 80 to 100 ft in depth for this trickyhillslopedevelopment.
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This is most easily seen on ahillslope.
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It is surrounded by a perimeter wall 4.5 kilometres long, beyond which a 45hillslopemakes it almost inaccessible to enemies.
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Most tropical farmlands are either on gently undulating terrain or on steep hill slopes of varying degrees.
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Coastal plains, valley floors and some hill slopes have been cleared for agriculture.
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As the fort was built on ahillslope, two of the bastions were atop the hill, and two were closer to the bottom, with the walls sloping downward.
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It was built on a gentlehillslope, thus they had to build terraces with front retaining walls, to be able to level the ground and build constructions on them.
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Soils on hill slopes, especially in the humid tropics, that have been cultivated over a long period are often shallow due to prolonged erosion.
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Forest-dwellers living on semi-arid hill slopes appeared to be more sensitive to new wage-earning opportunities than the settled peasants who were averse to leaving their land.
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