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Noun(1) a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff

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(1) Above us scree slopes hung like frozen waterfalls, vast boulders strewn among them where they had tumbled.(2) This leads to the production of extensive areas of broken rock and large scree slopes.(3) The roof gives one the sensation of sitting in a dry riverbed or mountain scree slope, particularly because it lacks containing barriers.(4) The view back down the valley was also becoming grander as we rose high above the dark scree slopes and meandering river.(5) Leaving Alex to study for his biology degree, we walked out into the swirling mists and up the steep slopes of volcanic scree towards the snowline.(6) we reached the treacherous scree slope(7) It's a steep climb to the gap over loose scree and boulder slopes but the climbing eases off once you enter the narrow confines of The Window.(8) Last autumn found me on a grueling research trip in the eastern Sierra, hauling heavy video equipment cross-country over loose scree and high passes.(9) they had to pick their way up precarious scree(10) A few hundred yards, and we're on the first technical section of the route, a steep double-track with solid ground for your left tires but loose scree under your right.(11) We follow a path through the Montezuma Basin, then cut across slopes of scree .(12) Measurements were taken over 200 second intervals on vertical faces which had had as much loose scree and weathered material removed as possible.(13) They nest in colonies in scree slopes along ice-free Antarctic and sub-Antarctic coasts, where they lay a single egg in a natural cavity.(14) At its top end, the trench opened out into a shallow circular pit that had been built up with a parapet of scree stone and mud from the valley bottom.(15) At 9:20 A.M., I left the camp in a fresh 20-knot wind and headed off, slowly pacing up the treacherous rocky scree slopes.(16) My knees were knocking just a little by the time I got down and I would recommend anyone who didn't like loose rock and scree to go back down the way they came.