Steep and rising upward; characterized by an abrupt upward slope.
From Latin acclivitas with the adjectival suffix -ous, meaning 'having the quality of.' It describes terrain with steep upward angles.
This is an even rarer variant of 'acclivity'—English has so many ways to say 'steep' that technical geological terms like this have largely disappeared from use, replaced by common words.
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