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Definition of Escarpment

Escarpment
Escarpment Es*carp"ment, n. [Cf. F. escarpement.] A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp.

Meaning of Escarpment from wikipedia

- with escarpment. escarpment referring to the margin between two landforms, and scarp referring to a cliff or a steep slope. In this usage an escarpment is...
- The Niagara Escarpment is a long escarpment, or cuesta, in Canada and the United States that starts from the south s**** of Lake Ontario westward, cir****scribes...
- The Bandiagara Escarpment (Arabic: منحدرات باندياغارا الصخرية, French: falaise de Bandiagara) is a sandstone cliff in the Dogon country of Mali. It rises...
- The Caprock Escarpment is a term used in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico to describe the geographical transition point between the level High Plains...
- Zambezi Escarpment is a name used for the escarpments forming both sides of the rift valley or graben in which lie the middle Zambezi river and Lake Kariba...
- Battle of Okinawa, they are tasked with ascending and securing the Maeda Escarpment ("Hacksaw Ridge"). During the initial fight, with heavy losses on both...
- The Great Escarpment is a major topographical feature in Africa that consists of steep slopes from the high central Southern African plateau downward in...
- A Great Escarpment is a major escarpment that typically runs parallel to the coast of a continent. It may refer to: Great Escarpment, Australia Great Escarpment...
- The Great Escarpment in Brazil is a major geological formation that runs along much of the eastern coast of Brazil south of the city of Salvador. The escarpment...
- The Pottsville Escarpment is a resistant sandstone belt of cliffs and steep sided, narrow crested valleys in eastern Kentucky, USA. It features rock shelters...