backslope
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
backslope (plural backslopes)
- A downward slope away from the bank of a river, mountain, etc.
- 2015 July 6, “Potential Efficiency of Riparian Vegetated Buffer Strips in Intercepting Soluble Compounds in the Presence of Subsurface Preferential Flows”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Thus, A and B were along the creek at the footslope, while C was at the backslope and D was at the shoulder.