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The slope of a mountain range.
"Although the southern macroslope receives more precipitation, its steepness hinders the accumulation of ice whereas the more gentle northern macroslope has twice as many glaciers."
--Natalya Volodicheva, "The Caucasus", Chapter 15, p. 358 in Maria Shahgedanova (ed.), The Physical Geography of Northern Eurasia
September 29, 2008