The contour lines join up areas of the same height. When they are close together, it means the hill or mountain is steep.When they are far apart, it means the land is gently sloping, or undulating ...

Clos de la Tech's laser-straight rows run down the slope, rather than contour to it in terraces. The slopes, steep enough to reduce ascending bipeds to a heart-pounding four-point scramble, were ...

The Winnetka Village Council is debating changes to its lot consolidation and steep slope regulations in an effort to protect the lakefront from negative impacts of potential development. Drafted o… ...