Meanings of very precipitous in English

We found the coast very precipitous, without any foreland or inlets.

The portion overhanging the city is very precipitous, in fact, almost incapable of ascent.

The descent into the valley is very precipitous, and, after a rain, alarmingly slippery.

From above it looked quite easy and possible, but at close quarters the crags were very precipitous.

The ascent from the east through the Khojak Pass is easy, the descent on the west very precipitous.

The sides of these ranges are generally very precipitous, and there are rivulets between which are not perennial.

At each side of the abyss, the rocks, though very precipitous, afforded firm hold for hand and foot.

He regretted coming clear of the trees, since the slope was very precipitous and the whole thing rather dizzying.

It has very precipitous sides of basalt, brown in colour, and making a very untidy attempt at being columnar.

The way down was very precipitous and they had not covered a third of it when Roger slipped and fell.

You have this very precipitous sort of disintegration, and often the moral aspect is sort of just empathy at the end.

The last cone of the mountain gave us some trouble: the route was very precipitous, and lay over bare, hot masses of rock.

This creek is about eighty to ninety yards wide, very precipitous banks, and from fifty to sixty feet deep, with innumerable small creeks.

One of my good horses has met with an accident in feeding along the bank of the creek in places where it is very precipitous.

Here our porters gave in, and declared they could carry their loads no further; and certainly the ascent to the highest peak was very precipitous.

This Point runs out far into the chasm, is narrow for a considerable distance, sides very precipitous and the edges describing a very irregular line.