backslope
nounEtymology From back + slope.
1
A downward slope away from the bank of a river, mountain, etc.
- Thus, A and B were along the creek at the footslope, while C was at the backslope and D was at the shoulder.2015 July 6, “Potential Efficiency of Riparian Vegetated Buffer Strips in Intercepting Soluble Compounds in the Presence of Subsurface Preferential Flows”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
- Antonyms
- foreslope