Toward or on the lower part of a slope; the direction going down a hill or mountain.
Straightforward compound of 'down' and 'slope,' combining Old English 'dūn' with 'slope' which entered English from Middle Dutch 'slopen' in the 16th century.
Skiers and mountain scientists live and die by 'downslope' wind—warm air slides down mountains at night, and this simple directional word describes one of nature's most powerful atmospheric forces.
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