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Definition of Hillslopes
1. hillslope [n] - See also: hillslope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hillslopes
Literary usage of Hillslopes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. EcoRegions of Alaska by Alisa L. Gallant (1998)
"An arctic climatic regime and unstable hillslopes maintain a sparse cover of
dwarf scrub vegetation throughout the mountains, though some valleys provide ..."
2. Effects of the Eruptions of Mount St. Helens on Physical, Chemical, and by Douglas B. Lee (1998)
"82) estimated: [Thirty-one] percent of all sediment eroded from hillslopes was
trapped in lakes impounded by the debris avalanche that filled the North Fork ..."
3. Planet Geographyby Stephen Codrington by Stephen Codrington (2005)
"On the other hand, the s|i»w seepage of water from hillslopes contributes to the
... The rate at which water is delivered from the hillslopes to the channel ..."
4. Towards SQL Database Language Extensions for Geographic Information Systems edited by Vincent B. Robinson, Henry Tom (1993)
"hillslopes are attached to each stream link as left and right polygon areas.
The strength of this approach is its flexibility in scaling terrain ..."
5. Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska by Henry Wood Elliott, Washburn Maynard, Sheldon Jackson, David Starr Jordan, United States Dept. of the Treasury. Special Agents Division, Leonhard Hess Stejneger, William Gouverneur Morris, Ivan Petroff, Charles Haskins Townsend, Frederick William True, (1898)
"... patches of scraggy alder on sheltered southern hillslopes, with the Arctic
willows creeping over mossy ground, are almost the only bushes to be found. ..."
6. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Georgia (1908)
"The total length of these two almost parallel lines of ore outcroppings, not
considering their minor mean- derings along the various hollows and hillslopes, ..."
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