escarpment
IPA: ɛskˈɑrpmʌnt
noun
- 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.
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Examples of "escarpment" in Sentences
- It is the world's longest escarpment.
- The south flank is mainly escarpment.
- Most of the escarpment is inside the town.
- On that escarpment they found the two lakes.
- Along the escarpment is a range of mountains.
- The 469th was based on an escarpment by the sea.
- At the base on the escarpment are a series of plateaus.
- Both the escarpment and the aureole are poorly understood.
- The escarpment was formed 320 million years ago in the Paleozoic era.
- Carefully follow the first raavine up the Escarpment to the waterfall.
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