acclivity
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Jautor is surrounded by towering sierras, and we proceeded on foot up a rough goat-track, choked with strong brushwood, and leading up the steep southern acclivity.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.
Chepstow stands on the side of an acclivity, overlooked itself on all sides by loftier hills, so that from every part of the town a different view is obtained.
From The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble by Ritchie, Leitch
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
Two cyclists skimmed along the sluice-road, taking the next steep acclivity with all the rush they could get out of their headlong free wheel down the steeper, and somewhat dangerously winding, hill before.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram
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
Vocabulary lists containing acclivity
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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"A Horseman in the Sky" by Ambrose Bierce
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The Return of the Native
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