A slope Especially a steep slope formed by an accumulation of rock debris TAYLOR GRAZING ACT: Act of June 28, 1934 (48 Stat 1269; 43 U S C sec 315), as amended
A slope built up by the accumulation of rock waste at the foot of a cliff or ridge
A fan-shaped accumulation of mixed fragments of rock that have fallen because of weathering of a cliff or steep mountainside
A sloping mass of large rock fragments and boulders that have detached from the cliff you are about to climb and now lay strewn around the base Think even less about this than you did about its smaller cousin, scree
Name for the rock rubble/debris that collects at the bottom of mountains, rock faces, etc Sold in hobby stores in various degrees of coarseness and colors
Rock fragments of any size or shape (usually coarse and angular) derived from and lying at the base of a cliff or very steep rock slope The accumulated mass of such loose, broken rock formed chiefly by falling, rolling, or sliding
similar to scree, but consisting of larger rocks and boulders that can be stepped on individually lichen covered talus indicates a stable slope
Pile of rock rubble below a cliff or chute Talus slope is a common usage although it is redundant because the term "talus" actually includes the concept of a slope
Sir Artegal's iron man Spenser, in his Faërie Queene, makes Talus run continually round the island of Crete to chastise offenders with an iron flail He represents executive power- swift as a swallow, and as lion strong In Greek mythology, Talos was a man of brass, the work of Hephaestos (Vulcan), who went round the island of Crete thrice a day Whenever he saw a stranger draw near the island he made himself red-hot, and embraced the stranger to death