And there is the heavy brow ridge, sloping forehead and forward-projecting face.
Across the park, a railing on a footbridge couldn't wait for salvation: it gave way, its wood now decomposing on a ridge sloping down to a stream.
The site is topographically variable, and many tree species have conspicuous associations with the ridge, slope, or flat valley.
With changes in local site variables, the best site index of aspen was on the very rich, medium dry and fresh soil nutrient and moisture regimes respectively, on the north and east facing slope, while it was the lowest on the ridge slope position (Figs. 3a c).
The scenery is stupendous: from the top of Clingman's Dome, one of the highest points in the Appalachians, a mesmerising series of hunchback ridges slopes towards the horizon, each one a paler blue echo of the last.
We established a network of 216 soil profiles comprising toposequences (ridges, slopes and valleys) in three forest types (Colorado, palm and tabonuco) on two parent rock types (quartz diorite and volcaniclastic) in a factorial design.
It grows in wet sclerophyll forest or rainforest margins, on plateaus, ridges, slopes and low-lying swampy areas on sandy or rocky soils, generally of granitic origin, or sometimes clay.
In terms of topography, 137, 15, and 7 trees occurred on ridges, slopes, and valleys, respectively.
Sites not or only slightly prone to erosion (flattening slope ridge, steepening slope ridge) or flat morphology promoted the formation of smectite.
