Sentence examples for steep gradient from inspiring English sources

His path to a career in professional football ran at a steep gradient to begin with.

From the water-level kayak I can see the steep gradient of the river.

Small dots, moving slowly up Uluru's steep gradient, hanging to chains bolted into sandstone.

"This is one of the most strenuous walks on São Miguel, Manuell explained as we toiled up a steep gradient.

Below a relatively steep gradient, the centre of the Welsh Basin was filled by graptolitic shales.

The tunnel acted as a giant chimney: cool air rushed in one end and out the other at a steep gradient, fanning the fire.

Because of the steep gradient and the exposure of limestone, wasteland accounts for nearly half of the total area.

In its upper course the Vistula is a mountain stream with a steep gradient of up to 5 percent.

Generally, Mongolian rivers are swift with a steep gradient or are slow and meandering and prone to flooding in summer.

Intensive agriculture will possess a steep gradient and will locate closer to the market than extensive agriculture.

The bacterial population near the surface is large, but it decreases rapidly downward with a steep gradient.