Sentences with 'slopes'
Example sentences and phrases with the word slopes and other words derived from it.
• « He acquired mountain slopes with pine forests and, to transport it all to Dearborn, built his own Ford fleet. »
• « Spartacus set up a war camp on the slopes of the volcano Vesuvius, to which thousands of slaves fled, culminating in an "army" of about 70,000. »
• « Anadenanthera macrocarpa grows on the eastern slopes of the Andean regions between the province of Córdoba and the State of Piauí (Brazil). The Peruvian and Bolivian Quichuas call it vilca or huilca; the Matacos of the Argentinian Chaco call it jataj or jatax. The Brazilian Tupi Guarani call it paricá or curupay. In north-western Argentina (NOA) it is called cebil and in the Orinoco River area (Venezuela), ñopo. »
• « They built staggered roads up and down the steep slopes of the Andes; these would have been impractical for wheeled vehicles but worked well for pedestrians. These roads allowed the rapid movement of the highly trained Inca army. »