escarpment
21escarpment — A relatively continuous and steep slope or cliff produced by erosion or faulting and that topographically interrupts or breaks the general continuity of more gently sloping land surfaces . The term is most commonly applied to cliffs produced… …
22escarpment — es·carp·ment || ɪ skÉ‘ËpmÉ™nt n. slope, cliff …
23escarpment — [ɪ skα:pm(ə)nt, ɛ ] noun a long, steep slope at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights. Origin C19: from Fr. escarpement, escarpe scarp , from Ital. scarpa slope …
24escarpment — noun (C) a high steep slope or cliff that joins two levels on a hill or mountain …
25escarpment — es·carp·ment …
26escarpment — es•carp•ment [[t]ɪˈskɑrp mənt[/t]] n. 1) gel geg a long, precipitous, clifflike ridge of land, rock, or the like commonly formed by faulting or fracturing of the earth s crust 2) for ground cut into an escarp around a fortification or defensive… …
27escarpment — /əsˈkapmənt / (say uhs kahpmuhnt) noun 1. a long, cliff like ridge of rock, or the like, commonly formed by faulting or fracturing of the earth s crust. 2. ground cut into an escarp about a fortification or defensive position …
28escarpment — n. (also escarp) Geol. a long steep slope at the edge of a plateau etc. Etymology: F escarpement f. escarpe SCARP …
29Niagara Escarpment — Rattlesnake Point near Milton, Ontario …
30Illawarra escarpment — The Illawarra Escarpment is the fold created cliffs and plateau/ eroded outcrop mountain range west of the Illawarra coastal plain south of Sydney, Australia, enclosing the region known as the Illawarra which stretches from Stanwell Park in the… …
