inner slope

  • 11escarp — /əsˈkap/ (say uhs kahp) noun 1. Fortifications the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart. 2. any similar steep slope. –verb (t) 3. to make into an escarp; give a steep slope to; furnish with escarps. {French escarpe, from Italian …

  • 12Durrington Walls — Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites * UNESCO World Heritage Site Durrington Walls, seen from Woodhenge …

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  • 13Vesuvius — /veuh sooh vee euhs/, n. Mount, an active volcano in SW Italy, near Naples. Its eruption destroyed the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum A.D. 79. ab. 3900 ft. (1190 m). * * * Active volcano, eastern side of the Bay of Naples, southern… …

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  • 14scarp — skÉ‘rp /skɑːp n. steep cliff caused by erosion or by a major shift in the earth s crust; inner slope of the trench surrounding a fort v. form a steep slope, form a cliff …

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  • 15scarped — skÉ‘rp /skɑːp n. steep cliff caused by erosion or by a major shift in the earth s crust; inner slope of the trench surrounding a fort v. form a steep slope, form a cliff …

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  • 16scarping — skÉ‘rp /skɑːp n. steep cliff caused by erosion or by a major shift in the earth s crust; inner slope of the trench surrounding a fort v. form a steep slope, form a cliff …

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  • 17scarps — skÉ‘rp /skɑːp n. steep cliff caused by erosion or by a major shift in the earth s crust; inner slope of the trench surrounding a fort v. form a steep slope, form a cliff …

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  • 18escarp — es•carp [[t]ɪˈskɑrp[/t]] n. 1) for the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart 2) any similar steep slope • Etymology: 1680–90; < F, MF escarpe < It scarpa < Gmc; see scarp …

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  • 19Palace of Bertemati — The Palace of Bertemati is the new House of the Church of the Asidonia Jerez Diocese in southern Spain. It is a baroque building, founded by the family Sopranis Davila on century XVIII. Constructed on the most inner slope of the channel of the… …

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  • 20HAZOR — (Heb. חָצוֹר), a large Canaanite and Israelite city in Upper Galilee. It is identified with Tell al Qidāḥ (also called Tell Waqqāṣ), 8¾ mi. (14 km.) north of the Sea of Galilee and 5 mi. (8 km.) southwest of Lake Ḥuleh . The city was… …

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