Sentence examples for steep ground from inspiring English sources

That is particularly true given the steep ground shelving away from the plateau where the main battle was fought.

In early spring, Todd and Eben would tap several thousand of the best trees and connect them to a vat in the sugarhouse by PVC tubes in a far-flung network along the steep ground.

Hong Kong, with much of the city perched on relatively steep ground by the sea, can afford to be less concerned about this particular issue than low-lying cities.

Those plans often included measures such as terracing steep ground or sowing buffer strips with perennial grasses to stabilize areas prone to erosion, such as the edges of fields near streams or borders between crops.

Now, as spring planting begins, with the chance of drenching rains, Mr. Hammitt worries that such steep ground is at high risk for soil erosion — a farmland scourge that feels as distant to most Americans as tales of the Dust Bowl and Woody Guthrie ballads.

Usually, the elongation ratio is associated with high relief and steep ground slope.

Otherwise, the rocky, steep grounds of the zoo are exploited.

This sheep occupies rock and steep grounds [ 35] on which forbs and ligneous plants constitute 19% and 17.5% of its diet, respectively [ 23, 34].

Cold-brew coffee has become a cult favorite, but making it yourself takes half a day or more of steeping ground coffee in room-temperature water to obtain a concentrated brew that is smoother and less acidic than hot-brewed coffee.

The valley there is 3 to 6 miles (5 to 10 km) wide, with steeper ground on the left than on the right; the floodplain is extensive and characterized by diversionary branches of the river and by lakes; the bed is still full of shoals; and the gradient is reduced, but the depth increases markedly.

A higher stream frequency points to larger surface runoff and steeper ground surface (Vittala et al. 2004).