acclivity

Chepstow stands on the side of an acclivity, overlooked itself on all sides by loftier hills, so that from every part of the town a different view is obtained. 

From The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble by Leitch Ritchie

This was a small hill-town, girt by a ruinous wall, and buckled with crazy towers, which topped an acclivity on the right of the valley, and commanded the road.

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Stanley J. Weyman

Houses of the poorer sort straggle up its eastern acclivity, while the south and west faces remain as formed by nature, abrupt and precipitous.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake

Here and there, as the horses go more slowly up a gentle acclivity, you turn round to reconnoitre a little, and find that there is a charming view behind.

From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Helen C. Black

A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

Laguna, Acoma, Zuñi, the Three Mesas of the Tusayan Desert—all lie on hillsides, or on the very crest of high acclivities.

From Through Our Unknown Southwest by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut

Observing the rapid growth and hardy nature of the Larch, he determined to cover with it the steep acclivities of mountains of greater altitude than any that had yet been tried.

From Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick by John S. Springer

Above, for many a league, the bank was guarded by an unbroken range of steep101 acclivities.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman

Above Quebec, the high promontory on which the upper town is built expands into an elevated plain, having towards the river the steepest acclivities.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various

The sandstone predominates in some parts of the range, forming small cliffs, underneath which there are steep acclivities of sand.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by John Franklin