declivitous

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Rapid 'twixt banks declivitous, they seek The ocean.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

But four miles inland the bed becomes rugged and declivitous, and the mountain walls close in, forming a most magnificent cañon from 1,000 to 2,500 feet deep. 

From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

High declivitous, masses of rock formed a sort of immense cairn.

From Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane by Rockwood, Roy

We hesitated for some time whether we should undergo the fatigue of travelling over such declivitous mountains without any palpable reward.

From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by Ross, William A.

Everywhere on the declivitous waysides, tow-haired, blue-eyed children guarded herds of goats, as their forbears had done in the days of Vercingetorix, the Gaul.

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John