hilly terrain
Land with slopes
Hilly terrain is land characterized by numerous hills—elevated areas smaller than mountains but significant enough to affect travel, construction, or agriculture.
The phrase appears in geographic descriptions, military assessments, and real estate listings: The hilly terrain made the bike ride exhausting.
Distinguished from flat or mountainous terrain by its moderate, rolling elevation changes.
- bluffCalculated false front
- foothillLow ridge below mountains
- rolling hillsGently rising, falling landscape
- undulatingMoving in waves
- knollSmall rounded hill
escarpment · microclimate · hiking trail · watershed · ridge · alpine meadow · hummock · elevation · high ground · contour · terracing · erosion · slope · shrubland · valley · scenic overlook · national park · switchbacks
- Puuc Maya
- Chittagong Hillsjhum cultivation, regional council, tribal autonomy
topographic elevation variation
hilly terrainflat terrain
Level, even ground
flatland · plains · level ground · flat ground · lowlands