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Definition of Escarpments

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.

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- of escarpments Easterbrook, Don J. (1999). Surface Processes and Landforms. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-860958-0.[page needed] Summary: Escarpments, US...
- 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...
- Falls, Big South Fork National Recreation Area, and others. List of escarpments Geology of Kentucky 37°50′2″N 83°36′28″W / 37.83389°N 83.60778°W /...
- visible in the foreground A partial view of the Bandiagara Escarpment List of escarpments Bandiagara Cliff Palace Baxter, Joan (16 April 2001). "Mali:...
- Lockport Formation of Silurian age. The Niagara Escarpment is the most prominent of several escarpments formed in the bedrock of the Great Lakes Basin...
- Caprock Chief Double Mountain Fork Duffy's Peak Eastern New Mexico List of escarpments Geographical regions in Texas Little Red River Mount Blanco Mushaway...
- edge of the Missouri Plateau. It divides the Central Lowlands province from the Great Plains province. List of escarpments US Geological Survey v t e...
- Battle of Okinawa, they are tasked with ascending and securing the Maeda Escarpment ("Hacksaw Ridge"). During the initial fight, with heavy losses on both...
- rainfall in the escarpment area ranges between 1000–1400 mm. List of escarpments Shacleton, Robert Millner (1950). "A contribution to the geology of the...
- A list of escarpments follows below. Elgeyo Escarpment (Great Rift Valley) Great Escarpment, Southern Africa Including the Drakensberg and God's Window...