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-17- <br />• in previous cases, the upper parts of the cut are steeper than <br />the lower parts, Specifically the cut portion below the crest <br />of cut No. 2 is practically vertical. <br />The cut No. 5 has been excavated in the terrace deposits. <br />The cut is very high, reaching a maximum height of about 60 <br />feet. The central part of the cut has been excavated at an <br />angle of about 67 degrees; the lower part is flatter (some 53 <br />degrees), and the uppermost part of the cut is vertical or sub- <br />vertical. The cut does not carry any traces of significant <br />sloughing or instability; even the cut portion immediately <br />below the crest, which has been excavated practically vertically, <br />does not carry any traces of sloughing, <br />i <br />The_cut-P7o._6 is a long cut that is intersected by two <br />minor drainages. The cut, except for its last portion, is <br />excavated in terrace deposits. Its height varies and reaches <br />the maximum in the west cut portion. The maximum height is <br />about 45 feet. The cut has been again excavated at a fairly <br />steep angle of 55 to 60 degrees; the lowest part is slightly <br />flatter and the uppermost part is steeper. The last cut por- <br />tion located above the last curve has been excavated in collu- <br />vial soils. It can be clearly seen that this cut portion <br />experiences important sloughing as is indicated on the map. <br />Sloughing in this cut portion is a clear indication of the <br />lower quality of colluvial soils compared to the terrace deposits <br />• in the west cut portion. <br />