1.   Above them rose the poor fields, littered with rock and gorse, the lower slopes of the mountain.

2.   First, the work done along the lower scientific slopes is resolutely factual.

3.   He climbed the lower slopes of Big Allen and stood, looking westwards.

4.   On the lower slopes the boundary hedges are of ancient and solid holly.

5.   So they choose to plant grass and root crops in the few fields on the lower slopes.

6.   Subsoil Principally Belemnite chalk on the upper slopes, with Micraster chalk on the lower slopes.

7.   The islands were not visible at all and only the lower slopes of Vesuvius could be seen.

8.   The vegetated lower slopes are a Nature Reserve providing sanctuary for creatures of the wild.

9.   Thorn scrub is widespread on the lower slopes, although the upper slopes still support secondary pine-oak woodlands.