downslope

Converse of object

• move: Soil materials are more likely to move downslope either by landslide or erosion on steeper slopes.
• transport: Erosional processes have transported small soil particles downslope, while larger rocks and artifacts remained at or near the top of the knoll.
• flow: Most eruptions are relatively gentle, sending lava flows downslope from fountains a few meters to a few hundred meters high.
• run: Linked to this roadside ditch, a series of parallel ditches were also found, running downslope toward the river.
• head: Heading downslope on the most obvious route leads to a 12m drop to another large, bouldery passage.

Modifies a noun

• movement: Landslides are the downslope movement of rock or debris or soil under the influence of gravity.
• windstorm: Observations and interpretation of a dramatic downslope windstorm event will be presented.

Noun used with modifier

• soil: A long profile from the divide to the stream is taken to see how soil moisture changes downslope.
• distance: Of these former free-faces that present on the eastern slope and some distance downslope from the summit is the best preserved.