In lofty mountain ranges there may not be a single valley without its traces of landslides, so common there is this method of the movement of waste, and of building to grade over-steepened slopes.
The over-steepened sides of the trough are graded by landslips, by talus slopes, and by alluvial cones.
Two hundred yards nearer, the slope steepened and the boulders were more numerous.
Halfway up the hill and just at the point where the declivitysteepened almost to a precipice ran a stone wall, parallel to the ridge.
So terrible was the fire, so annihilating its effects upon the Brigade, which had drawn into closer and closer order as the hill steepened and the space narrowed, that the order was given to retire upon the last cover.
The inclination of the slope above was moderate; itsteepened considerably lower down, but its steepest portion did not much exceed forty-five degrees of inclination.
With a nod for emphasis, Dave gave the Catalina's engines full throttle and steepened his climb up through the comparatively calm area in the center of the storm.
As the simple but straight from the heart prayer slid off Dave's lips he steepened his dive even more.
The angle steepened as we went on very slowly now, but still steadily enough, until we reached the rocks, a frail slatey structure with short perpendicular pitches.
As we proceeded up the slopes where the snow steepened the weather began to thicken and we halted at 8 a.
Below the point 1 the profile has been steepened and lowered by erosion in the current cycle.
We may at once accept the conclusion that the invariable association of the cirques and steepened profiles with snowfields proves that snow is the predominant modifying agent.
The side walls were steepened and precipitous cirques were formed at the valley heads.
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