Usually means: Decline in elevation when descending.
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  1. downslope: Merriam-Webster
  2. downslope: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. downslope: Collins English Dictionary
  4. downslope: Vocabulary.com
  5. Downslope, downslope: Wordnik
  6. downslope: Wiktionary
  7. downslope: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. downslope: Dictionary.com
  9. downslope: Rhymezone
  10. downslope: FreeDictionary.org
  11. downslope: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. downslope: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (downslope)

▸ adjective:  In a direction down a slope.
▸ adverb:  Down a slope.
▸ noun:  A descent or declivity.

Similar:
declivity, decline, fall, descent, upslope, downstreamward, downward, downflowing, streamwise, declivitous, more...

Types:
avalanche, landslide, mudslide, debris flow, rockfall, crevasse, more...

Adjectives:
further, steeper, gradual, gentle, exponential, long, rapid, initial, slight, short, little

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Similar:
declivity, decline, fall, descent, upslope, downstreamward, downward, downflowing, streamwise, declivitous, more...

Types:
avalanche, landslide, mudslide, debris flow, rockfall, crevasse, more...

Adjectives:
further, steeper, gradual, gentle, exponential, long, rapid, initial, slight, short, little



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