escarpment

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The escarpment is a line of cliffs and steep hills created by a geologic fault.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025

A second engraving, found in 2015 during a survey of the Jebel az-Zilliyat escarpment in Saudi Arabia, is inscribed on a sandstone boulder more than three meters wide and two meters high.

From Scientific American • May 17, 2023

We turned east, climbing up the Hat Creek Rim, an escarpment 1,000 feet above the Hat Creek valley floor and an overlook showcasing multiple volcanic peaks and cones.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2022

There are environmental concerns and questions over whether it is too late for an oil boom - but there is no disputing change that is coming to the wide valley floor, below the steep escarpment.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2022

High above the escarpment he saw Frightful hovering above Sam Gribley.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George