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downslope

NOUN
  1. a downward slope or bend

How To Use downslope In A Sentence

  • The results show that the distribution of the velocity of shallow flow along the downslope show as waves, but the straight line.
  • Early glottic closure is seen as an abrupt cessation of flow during expiration, visible as a sharp downslope on the expiratory flow volume curve.
  • The prevalent approach is to walk forward a few steps from the tee, which is about two feet above the water, and drop a ball on the downslope of the hazard bank.
  • On the downslope from the foreboding metal fence of the Camarones del Sur shrimp farm, known as Camarsa, a few fisherman stand half-submerged in the shallow waters.
  • That portion of the hillslope over which return flow emerges is saturated, so any rain failing on to it is unable to penetrate the surface and also flows downslope.
  • Along the edge of the forest, still far away and tiny, their horses, a black gelding and a dappled gray mare, picked their way downslope, followed by a string of mules.
  • Capture rates in lowland habitats were much higher during the wet season than during the dry season, reflecting the timing of movements downslope and back to breeding grounds at higher elevations.
  • Some trees surrounded them on the downslope, but otherwise it was an open field.
  • They brought in 1/2 yard of planting mix, hauling it downslope in 5-gallon buckets - backbreaking work, but it paid off.
  • This weak cyclone can develop substantially and become a typical extratropical cyclone only when air from the lower stratosphere flows downslope along isentropic surfaces into the region of interest.
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