steep hill
41hill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. grade, slope; rise, ascent; elevation, mound. See height, convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mound, knoll, hillock, butte, mesa, bluff, promontory, precipice, cliff, range, rising ground, headland,… …
42steep — I adj 1. sheer, abrupt, precipitous, sudden, high, upright, plumb, sharp, bold, bluff, arduous; perpendicular, vertical; declivitous, descending; acclivi tous, ascending. n 2. height, elevation, rise, hill, acclivity; cliff, bluff, crag, alp,… …
43hill figures — Certain steep chalk hills in southern England carry figures made by cutting away turf and topsoil, visible for miles. They can be either outline drawings, or figures solidly blocked out; they need regular maintenance to prevent the return of… …
44Clay Street Hill Railroad — The Clay Street Hill Railroad was the first successful cable hauled street railway. It was located on Clay Street, a notably steep street in San Francisco in California, and first operated in August 1873. The promoter of the line was Andrew Smith …
45Sheriff Hill — used to be a suburb of Gateshead, England but now due to the expansion of the town is now just an area within Gateshead. It is bordered by Deckham to the North and Beacon Lough to the South.There is little to distinguish Sheriff Hill from the… …
46Caen Hill Locks — are a flight of locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Devizes, Wiltshire England.The 29 locks have a rise of 237 feet in 2 miles (72 m in 3.2 km) or a 1 in 44 gradient. The locks come in three groups. The lower seven locks, Foxhangers Wharf Lock …
47Laurel Hill — may refer to the following:In Australia: *Laurel Hill, New South Wales, a town in the Riverina regionIn Ireland: *Laurel Hill Coláiste, a school in Limerick, IrelandIn the United States: *Laurel Hill, Florida, a city in Okaloosa County *Laurel… …
48Confusion Hill — For the U.S. 101 bridges, see Confusion Hill Bridges. Confusion Hill is a roadside attraction in Piercy, California. The attraction includes what is dubbed as a gravity house, a structure built to give the interior visitors tilt induced optical… …
49College Hill Residential Historic District — College Hill, Easton, Pennsylvania U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district …
50Castle Hill, Mere — Castle Hill is a fairly small yet noticeably steep hill rising from the Northwestern side of Mere, Wiltshire, England. The region is at the Southwestern tip of Salisbury Plain. As the name suggests, a medieval castle stood on top of the hill for… …
