slopes
Example Sentences
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Ice cores taken from the slopes of Puncak Jaya preserve a record of climate history.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Researchers at the University of Montpellier's Laboratory of Geography and Land Planning have developed evacuation routes that account for slopes, obstacles, walking speeds, and potential bottlenecks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Wetlands, steep slopes, flood zones, contaminated soil, or any other number of issues could prevent this new home from meeting local standards.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Furthermore, image errors on steep slopes and high-precision monitoring over vast and complex terrain remain an international challenge,” the embassy said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The city had grown around them over four centuries, cascading down the slopes and then sprawling out over the flat landscape of farms and meadowlands below.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
