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natural slope

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noun

  1. civil engineering the maximum angle at which soil will lie in a bank without slipping

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This assumes your lot has enough natural slope to your property lines.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023

This one was designed to match the natural slope of the bedroom wall.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2022

“Depending on storm activity and other factors, we’d anticipate it to resemble its more natural slope within three to six months.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2018

“Generally, after a renourishment is done the slope just offshore begins to mimic the natural slope relatively quickly,” Gardner said.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2018

Technically ours was farm land and the established custom was that highway water could wander as it would and drain as natural slope dictated.

From If You're Going to Live in the Country by Lieberman, Frank