Look up: escarpment

1. escarpment
   n. A steep or vertical cliff, either above or below sea level.
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2. Escarpment
   A more or less continuous line of CLIFFS or steep slopes facing in one general direction which are caused by EROSION or faulting, also called SCARP.
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3. escarpment
   [n] - a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge 2. [n] - a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
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4. escarpment
   a more or less continuous line of cliffs or the steep slopes facing in one general direction which are caused by erosion or faulting Category: The cosmos
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5. Escarpment
   Es·carp'ment noun [ Confer French 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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6. escarpment
   escarp noun a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
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7. escarpment
   scarp noun a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
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8. Escarpment
   • (n.) 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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9. escarpment
   (from the article `Mercury`) ...The rim consists of a ring of irregular mountain blocks approaching 3 km (1.9 miles) in height, the highest mountains yet seen on Mercury, bounded ...
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10. escarpment
    (from the article `ocean`) ...on leading-edge, tectonically active margins such as that off the above-mentioned Borderland. Steep slopes usually have either a very poorly ...
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11. escarpment
    escarpment or scarp,long cliff, bluff, or steep slope, caused usually by geologic faulting (see fault) or by erosion of tilted rock layers. An example of a fault scarp is the north face of the San Jacinto Mts. in California. Examples of erosional escarpments include the Palisades along the Hudson Ri...
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12. escarpment
    Large ridge created by the erosion of dipping sedimentary rocks. It has one steep side (scarp) and one gently sloping side (dip). Escarpments are common features of chalk landscapes, such as the Chiltern Hills and the North Downs in England. Certain features are associated with chalk escarpments, in...
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13. Escarpment
    , broken by a fault. Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee. An `escarpment` is a steep slope or long cliff that results from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations. Description and variants: Usually escarpment is used interchangeably with `scarp` (from th...
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