Collocations withslope
These are words often used in combination withslope.
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continental slope
Moreover, the deposition of several tens of metres of sediments at the continental slope may have taken a great deal of time.
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downhill slope
Tax schemes, dodgy companies and money laundering merge into one another on a downhill slope into illegality.
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downward slope
Such a model would lead to a convex curve, with an increasing downward slope on a log time-log titre scale.
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eastern slope
The eastern slope is much steeper and favors surface stream flows, whereas the western slope is less steep and favors ground water aquifers.
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forested slope
From its headwaters, the stream trickles eastward down the mountain's forested slope where it is dammed to create a small farm lake.
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gentle slope
This rock sequence forms a relatively thin sheet (1-3 km thick) that was transported over a very gentle slope and deposited over a huge area.
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gradual slope
After the first year, the curves continued to decline at a more gradual slope.
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grassy slope
The floor level is six inches above the ground; outside there is a level walk of nine feet wide, and beyond that a grassy slope.
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hill slope
First, topographic position, which could be either bottomland, lower hill (lower twothirds of a hill slope), or upper hill (upper third of a hill slope or hill top).
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north slope
The attic can be reached by a ladder-stair continuing the main stair beneath, and the 'valley' is crowned by a skylight set to the north slope of the roof.
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north-facing slope
The north-facing slope of the ridge supports a diversity of lichens and mosses, collectively referred to as cryptogams (spore-producing plants).
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rocky slope
The wreck lay between 44 and 52 meters deep on a steep, rocky slope riddled with sand pockets.
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slight slope
As the site is on a slight slope and her house is lower than the development site, all the earth from the bulldozer rolled into her garden.
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south-facing slope
If the causative factor is not the distance to open water, but rather the location on a south-facing slope, an entirely different prediction arises.
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southern slope
A canyon on the southern slope provides good outcrops of the rocks.
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steep slope
Due to the steep slope and several natural treefall gaps, the vegetation was relatively open with a high coverage of herbs (70%).
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talus slope
Unfor tunately, this vessel was badly damaged by falling debris from the talus slope.
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upper slope
Note the pervasive matrix recrystallization (microspar), and the general increase in grain size towards the upper slope.
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western slope
Sanyatak is situated on the western slope of thisridgeon a narrow terrace along a small stream.
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wooded slope
It is dramatic as it rises from the river at about 400 ft, up a heavily wooded slope to about 1,200 ft.
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