outcrop

Example Sentences

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Having driven up to Llyn Teifi in the Cambrian mountains, we stand on a bridge, surrounded by rocky outcrops and marshland.

From BBC

As in their previous investigations, the researchers examined Ediacaran age rocks collected from drill cores and outcrops in Oman, western India, and Siberia.

From Science Daily

Mr. Hodge pointed to an outcropping along a towering stone wall.

From Literature

In her hands was a sickle moon, and behind her was an outcrop of spindly red trees with branches that looked like crooked fingers.

From Literature

On the far edge was an outcropping of rocks, high above a creek, where a man in a top hat tended a fire.

From Literature