hilliness
Landscape's vertical variation
Hilliness is the quality of having many hills or undulating terrain.
It describes landscape character rather than specific elevation: The hilliness of the region makes farming difficult.
A route's hilliness affects cycling difficulty, fuel consumption, or hiking time.
Bounding line of shape
- elevationHeight above reference point
- gradientRate of change across space
- inclineAngled rising surface
- terrainLand's physical features
relief · undulation · altitude · steepness · grade · pitch · ascent · descent
Moving in waves
- gentleSoft and kind
- roundedHaving no sharp angles
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- wavelikeResembling ocean swells
rippling · billowing · hummocky · bumpy · mounded · smooth · pastoral · bucolic
Angled terrain or steepness
- ridgeNarrow raised strip
- knollSmall rounded hill
- moundHeaped earth formation
- peakUtmost height attained
summit · crest · butte · mesa · tor · drumlin · escarpment · cliff
contour
Bounding line of shape
- elevationHeight above reference point
- gradientRate of change across space
- inclineAngled rising surface
terrain · relief · undulation · altitude · steepness · grade · pitch · ascent · descent · prominence
undulating
Moving in waves
wavelike · rippling · billowing · hummocky · bumpy · mounded · smooth · pastoral · bucolic · meandering
slope
Angled terrain or steepness
peak · summit · crest · butte · mesa · tor · drumlin · escarpment · cliff · bluff
precipitous
Extremely steep, almost vertical
rugged · vertiginous · challenging · arduous · demanding · rocky · jagged · imposing · dramatic · severe