Slope
We use word slop in everyday conversation, and it means the same in engineering.
slop is the rate of rise or fall of a line or surface, as it moves forward.
see the picture below, and it will confirm your experience that mild slopes are easy to climb, and steep slopes are harder.
for calculations, we can use any of intutive ways to define a slope.
it can be angle of the inclination, percentage rise or ratio of height difference vs distance travelled.
Water always travels down a slope and it travels faster on a steeper slope. it can not travel up a slope.
riverbeds (path of a river) have very mild slope in planes, but are steeper in hilly or mountaineous areas. still riverbed has the easiest slope inside montain areas. Permanent roads in mountains are always constructed along a river bank to avoid bad slopes. Karakoram highway is a common example.
In an area with seasonal rivers, like Balochistan, mostly dry stream beds can be used as natural roads for traveling, but be aware of flash floods.
riverbeds are steepest inside nerrow valleys and gorges. we will discuss this topic in detail on a separate page.
We use word slop in everyday conversation, and it means the same in engineering.
slop is the rate of rise or fall of a line or surface, as it moves forward.
see the picture below, and it will confirm your experience that mild slopes are easy to climb, and steep slopes are harder.
for calculations, we can use any of intutive ways to define a slope.
it can be angle of the inclination, percentage rise or ratio of height difference vs distance travelled.
Water always travels down a slope and it travels faster on a steeper slope. it can not travel up a slope.
riverbeds (path of a river) have very mild slope in planes, but are steeper in hilly or mountaineous areas. still riverbed has the easiest slope inside montain areas. Permanent roads in mountains are always constructed along a river bank to avoid bad slopes. Karakoram highway is a common example.
In an area with seasonal rivers, like Balochistan, mostly dry stream beds can be used as natural roads for traveling, but be aware of flash floods.
riverbeds are steepest inside nerrow valleys and gorges. we will discuss this topic in detail on a separate page.
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