Meanings of gentle declivity in English

Below him was a gentle declivity ending to the south in darkness.

A gentle declivity for the final charge must be sought.

He paused and looked back over the long gentle declivity toward the south and west.

The road made its way down a gentle declivity, into an increasingly damp and dreary landscape.

Low parallel ridges of gentle declivity glided constantly across his way, their valleys sloping to the river.

It is on a gentle declivity leaning to the south-east, and situated between Mount Aventine and the Monte Testaccio.

The rest of the way to the lake was down a gentle declivity, and the wheelbarrow moved more easily than before.

He now paused at the top of a crooked and gentle declivity, and obtained his first near view of the city.

It stands partly on a gentle declivity; but the greatest part of it is in a plain, watered by the river Clyde.

To the right a wide foot walk separated the drive from a gentle declivity sown with saplings, running down to the water.

Captain Nemo made a sign with his hand, and we followed him by a gentle declivity till we disappeared under the waves.

Beneath this and lower down was another plain of gentle declivity, which was also surrounded by a similar ridge equally difficult of ascent.

Loch Vennachar lies between hills of comparatively gentle declivity, pastured by flocks, and tufted with patches of the prickly gorse and coarse ferns.

It is situated on a gentle declivity, commanding an extensive prospect to the westward; to the eastward the view is interrupted by thick woods.

On and up we went, ascending a gentle declivity until we came to a brook said to be two miles from the boat landing.

A purling brook at the left rolled its silvery current down a gentle declivity, and in front, for half a mile, was open country.