noun
- downward slopes or inclines
Usage: formal; plural of declivity
Examples
- The hikers carefully navigated the steep declivities on the mountain trail.
- Water naturally flows down the declivities toward the valley below.
- The geologist studied the various declivities formed by ancient glacial activity.
- Heavy rains caused erosion along the exposed declivities of the hillside.
- The ski resort built trails that followed the natural declivities of the slope.
- Farmers terraced the declivities to prevent soil erosion and create level planting areas.