Joe clung fiercely as the land dropped away beneath him.

In some areas, the land has dropped between one and two feet this century.

Kilisha hurried across to the far side, where the land dropped away to the sea.

The land drops straight down to the water, he said.

Beyond the crest, which was a high point of the area for some distance around, the land dropped down, then leveled out.

The land dropped about six feet on average in the islands off Seward.

The land dropped away again and they corrected their flight line.

The land dropped gradually for twenty miles or more, and ended in mist.

Beyond them the land dropped away toward the dark water of the fjord.

To her left the land dropped away to the river below, sheer and terrifying.