escarpment|escarpments in English
noun
[es·carp·ment || ɪ'skɑːpmənt]
slope, cliff
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1. This is the escarpment of night.
2. The fox went to ground under a rocky escarpment.
3. A thin, resistant limestone escarpment is present just basinward.
4. Cliffs are common on coasts, in mountainous areas, escarpments and along rivers
5. A shelf of land extended from the escarpment.
6. Escarpment railway laneway is the place where accidents often happen.
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8. This escarpment is part of the Great Escarpment that runs along much of the eastern coast of Brazil south from the city of Salvador, Bahia.
9. There are several rapids as the river falls off Southern Africa's inland escarpment.
10. Mayon volcano, and evaluating the fault escarpment of the Chi-Chi earthquake.
11. Keywords: hydrogeology, groundwater, underground space, aggregate, mining, sedimentary rocks, Niagara Escarpment.
12. The truck was trundling along the escarpment of the Zambesi valley.
13. By coincidence or other wise, the largest channel is exposed in the Beaver Divide escarpment.
14. Starch, unable to stop, slid 20 feet to the edge of an escarpment.
15. There are no mountains, escarpments, or deep valleys; only a flat plateau extending hundreds of kilometres in all directions.
16. Cliffs are common on coasts, in mountainous areas, escarpments and along rivers.Cliffs are usually formed by rock that is resistant to erosion and weathering
17. Three cavalry companies gave pursuit, but were scattered when the warriors turned to defend a lava escarpment.
18. The glider circled the escarpment and was carried with the warm air currents into the upper atmosphere.
19. Though they occur in Zambia as well, their ranges are separated by relief features or by the Muchinga escarpment.
20. Luxury Accommodation Framed by undisturbed bush and sweeping views of the breathtaking escarpment, Barranca’s villas are luxury redefined
21. * Nearby is World’s End, an escarpment where the rocky cliff drops precipitously over 5,000 feet [1500 m].
22. The park is quite noticeable from nearby Port Macquarie as a tall escarpment to the north west.
23. It is also evident that Barchans are present where sand is channeled along wind-fluted furrows or pours down gaps in escarpments and plateaux.
24. Along the length of the eastern coast runs a narrow and steep escarpment containing much of the island's remaining tropical lowland forest.
25. He was still sufficiently sane to remind me that Orvieto was perched on the top of a craggy escarpment.