acclivity

It extends about 2 m. along the river bank, occupying a slight acclivity which reaches its summit at Windmill Hill, whence extensive views are obtained of the river, with its windings and shipping.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

The road running up the steep acclivity was of no great width—nothing resembling the broad macadamised “turnpike” of modern times.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

The moment they bounded up the steep acclivity they were safe, and the wearied horsemen turned again to the camp.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler

It is distant from Madrid about 24 miles in a north-westerly direction, and situated on the acclivity of the Sierra Guadarrama, the range of mountains which divides New from Old Castile.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

It is pleasantly situated on the summit and slopes of an acclivity rising from the river, and has handsome squares, terraces, and streets.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

The sandstone predominates in some parts of the range, forming small cliffs, underneath which there are steep acclivities of sand.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

The eastern sides of the ridges present a succession of wall-sided precipices, having beneath them shelving acclivities formed by debris, and exhibiting on their faces regular lines of stratification.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

Constantinople, like haughty Rome, is built on seven hills—the houses being so disposed that they do not intercept the view commanded by each on the amphitheatrical acclivities.

From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by Reynolds, George W. M. (George William MacArthur)

A few miles to the south-east of Wilmot Horton River the cliffs are six hundred feet high, and present acclivities having an inclination of from thirty to sixty degrees, formed of weathered slate-clay.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

There are also in this vicinage numbers of small filthy one-storeyed huts or ranchos built of cane, which seem as though hanging to the acclivities, and are not intended to last any time.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von