The Roman historian Diodorus and other ancient historians gave graphic accounts of Carthaginian child sacrifice: "There was in their city a bronze image of Cronus, extending its hands, palms up and sloping towards the ground, so that each of the children when placed thereon rolled down and fell into a sort of gaping pit filled with fire".
It also depends on the size of the watershed, the slope of the ground, the type of soil and vegetation, and the type of land use.
The slope of the ground is steepest along PQ, and, if the distance from P to Q is δl, the gradient is δh/δl or dh/dl in the limit when δh and δl are allowed to go to zero.
Surface water that is not absorbed, either because the soil is saturated or because the slope of the ground makes it run off too fast, must drain away on the surface.
The other three sides are formed by a retaining wall, varying in height with the slope of the ground from 13 to 41 feet (4 to 12 metres); on the west side a magnificent double stair in two flights of 111 short stone steps leads to the top.
The general slope of the ground is from west to east in the investigation area.
The proposed model also takes into account topographic features (slope) of the ground surface.
To the north and east of the site, the slope of the ground is steep, forming a scarp.
For instance, the maintenance costs of the second strategy are expected to be high due to the high slope of the ground.
The wind speed was very low during the incident and the way in which the vapor cloud dispersed was affected by the slope of the ground and presence of obstacles.
If you wish to kick a rock down a hill, you need only concern yourself with the rock's mass relative to the force of your blow, the extent to which it is bonded with its supporting surface, the slope of the ground on the other side of the rock, and the expected impact of the collision on your foot.
