abrupt declivity
1steep — I. a. Precipitous, abrupt. II. n. Precipice, abrupt declivity. III. v. a. Soak, macerate, imbrue, drench, digest, imbue …
2Precipice — Prec i*pice, n. [F. pr[ e]cipice, L. praecipitium, fr. praeceps, cipitis, headlong; prae before + caput, capitis, the head. See {Pre }, and {Chief}.] 1. A sudden or headlong fall. [Obs.] Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. A headlong steep; a very steep,… …
3precipice — n. Cliff, crag, steep, abrupt declivity, clift …
4Pylos — For the mythological figure, see Pylus (mythology). For the board game, see Pylos (board game). Pylos Πύλος The bay of Pylos …
5Ancash Region — Infobox Peru region name = Ancash imagesize = 100px image caption = Regional logo president = Ricardo Narváez Soto capital = Huaraz elevation = 3052 largest = Chimbote area = 35,914.41 pop = 1,039,415 (2005 census) density = 28.9 provinces = 20… …
6Geography of Alberta — Country geography name = Alberta continent = America region = North America Western Canada coordinates = Coord|49|00|00|N|114|04|09|W|region:CA Coord|60|00|N|110|00|W|region:CA area|ranking = 6th among provinces km area = 661848 percent land = 97 …
7Cantabrian Mountains — Spanish: Cordillera Cantábrica Range …
8Cross and Burness — CROSS and BURNESS, a parish, in the island of Sanda, county of Orkney; containing 983 inhabitants, of whom 515 are in Cross, and 468 in Burness. These two ancient parishes, now united, include about onehalf of the island in which they are… …
9Kippen — KIPPEN, a parish, partly in the county of Perth, but chiefly in the county of Stirling; containing, with the greater portion of the late quoad sacra parish of Bucklyvie, the village of Kippen, and the hamlets of Arnprior, Cauldhame, Kepp, and… …
10Nigg — 1) NIGG, a parish, in the county of Kincardine, 2¼ miles (S. S. E.) from Aberdeen; containing, with the villages of Burnbanks, Cove, and Torry, 1642 inhabitants, of whom 866 are in the rural districts. This place, anciently called St. Fittick… …
