downhill
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Of particular interest were deposits called turbidites, which can form when underwater landslides send large amounts of sediment rushing downhill.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
It holds huge amounts of water, slowing rain as it moves downhill, reducing flooding and filtering out sediment before it reaches the reservoir.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
On the last day, we rode downhill to the Mississippi, where waves of happy cyclists performed one last ritual, dipping their wheels in the river.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
That mass of rock and ice plunged about 800 metres onto a debris-covered glacier, before surging downhill, briefly damming the Lhende River.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Careening downhill, bumping over rocks and dried mud holes, we like to shook apart before we got the dern wagon under control.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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