scarp

Example Sentences

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Meaning, I guess, that if you survive the shaking, and can figure out how to get across Lake Washington, you could walk 15 miles or so along the wall of a freshly opened scarp.

From Seattle Times

From uplifted scarps to ghost forests, the geological consequences of the fault in Seattle will be explored.

From Seattle Times

If successful, an aircraft could carry scientific instruments to places where rovers and landers cannot go, such as exposed ice scarps on the sides of cliffs or inside the walls of steep craters.

From Scientific American

I passed scarps and junkyards glinting with shattered plastics and glass, graveyards on hills, a giant iron woman cradling a gilded sheaf.

From New York Times

“Knowing where fault scarps are present helps us make better land use decisions now and in the future,” Kleber said.

From Washington Times