troughs

"There's big peaks and troughs, and we've got to build resilience into the business," she said.

This means that important features like troughs and ridges could be missed, which would make the difference between a dry day, or a day with heavy rain.

“We have bears around the ranch, and they’ll go and swim in the water troughs, and the cattle will just watch,” she said with a laugh.

Instead, it rises in jagged and uneven peaks and troughs at the side of the local playground in Spring Farm Park - as if someone has thrown a mossy blanket to cover up an unsightly mess.

Peaks and troughs of the gold price have occurred at some of the key moments in economic history.