During the battle, Wellesley led his men, in a line of battle of two ranks, against the enemy to a gentle ridge and gave the order to fire.
The steep valley slopes alternate with gentler ridges in between.
The village lies on the gault clay, where springs well up just south of a gentle gravelly ridge.
The route north naturally followed the low hills and gentle ridges of Austin chalk hills to the river ford that soon became Dallas.
Sort of sits on a long gentle ridge.
This gentle ridge, called by geologists a terminal moraine, lifts Scuttlehole Road above the rich farmland that slopes southward to the sea.
Most of the vines have a slightly east to north-facing aspect, although those near Montbré are found on a gentle east-facing ridge.
From Corn Du, a gentle ridge descends south towards Merthyr Tydfil.
MacArthur had to pull the equipment through swales and over gentle ridges.
On the gentle ridge where the gradual slope of the pease fields began he stood for a long while watching the sky.