Objects in areas of steep declivity are more likely to move in response to gravity than those in areas of shallow declivity, and if they do move, they will follow the general path of the fall lines. From LearnThat.org. [http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/reports/ofr93-298/]
At the bottom of the declivity was a pond of water bubbling and steaming. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
On a shelf or cup of the declivity was a little clump of vegetation, and in the midst of it welled up a thin stream of water. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Fleece] Reference
Lodore was said to have an even greater declivity. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
A gentle declivity for the final charge must be sought. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888] Reference
After they had half mounted the declivity, one was sent back. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
At the base of the western declivity lies the valley of the East. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Water runs faster down a steep hill than down a gentle declivity. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
The declivity was not great and the torrent was otherwise placid. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
Canyon of Lodore, enter it, 34; declivity of, 43; length of, 48; fall of, 48. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
It is pleasantly situated under the north-eastern declivity of the Harz mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
We passed from the shelter of the trees, and stood on the brow of a high declivity. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
The combined length of the two divisions is 283 miles and the declivity is very great. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
At the foot of the declivity was an angular rock which jutted out for about twelve feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
To this he directed his steps, and ascended the steep declivity up to the top of the hill. From Wordnik.com. [The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome] Reference
There the cliff was succeeded by a steep slope, beyond which was a gentle, grass-grown declivity. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
This full-page cartoon represented a young dude, seated on a mule, riding down a steep declivity. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
Upon the declivity of the mountain is seen the stately coffee-tree, the plantations of which commence about. From Wordnik.com. [Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.] Reference
The sick and wounded were sent to a declivity to be tended by the surgeon of M. Parat, under a strong guard. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
Down the declivity shot the stage, and she swiftly reduced the distance that separated her from the fugitive. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys] Reference
It was perhaps half a mile long, with a declivity of at least forty feet, studded by numerous enormous boulders. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
With painful persistence, he picked the edge of the precipitous declivity which was lost in the bottomless abyss. From Wordnik.com. [Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java] Reference
Then he ascended the declivity towards the woods, but nothing appeared which was at all adapted to meet his wants. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
They very soon after observed us upon the declivity of a little hill, which led us to the dwelling of our masters. From Wordnik.com. [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference
On and up we went, ascending a gentle declivity until we came to a brook said to be two miles from the boat landing. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Suddenly, however, he came to a gradual declivity, and after a few steps he felt the bottom sinking beneath his feet. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
So great was the declivity of the river bed that boulders were rolled along under water with a sound like distant thunder. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
The professor considered for a moment as he resisted the impulse to dive off the declivity to the enticing rocks far below. From Wordnik.com. [The Jameson Satellite] Reference
On the right or western side of the street, by which we entered, the houses, as we have said, are built on the declivity of. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
There was an old summer-house on the bank, dilapidated, and threatening to tumble over the declivity with the first rough wind. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Some were scattered grazing over a green declivity, while the rest were crowded more densely together in the wide hollow below. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
It had been a steep ascent; the declivity of the farther side led him down to a steep and certain ruin and the dark night below. From Wordnik.com. [Riders of the Silences] Reference
Water trickles among the trees, seeking with its unerring instinct for declivity the drains and sumps hidden in the forest floor. From Wordnik.com. [An Experience Of Captivity] Reference
He stumbled over the first step, reeled as he tried to regain his footing, and fell head first down the almost vertical declivity. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Half way down the mountain, on the western declivity, opposite the sea, stands a battery, which defends the town, towards the north. From Wordnik.com. [An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa] Reference
Perhaps our traveller is becoming tired of this small pleasant stream running along a mere declivity of the table-land of Ben Muich Dhui. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
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