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Noun Concept
Categories: Slope landforms, All articles needing additional references, Articles with short description, Escarpments
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escarpment  scarp  escarpments  Scarp/Dip Topography  Scarp and dip
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A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion WordNet 3.0
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A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations. Wikipedia
A steep slope or long rock that occurs from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations Wikipedia Disambiguation
Type of slope landform Wikidata
A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge. OmegaWiki
A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment. Wiktionary
Cliff caused by erosion. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
slope
landform
PART OF
cuesta
HAS KIND
cliff
rupes
fall line
graben
Steilhang
+5 relations
HAS INSTANCE
Tuwaiq
Bandiagara Escarpment
Darling Scarp
Victoria Rupes
Elgeyo Escarpment
+312 relations
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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escarpment, scarp
Wikipedia
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escarpment
Wikidata
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escarpment
Wiktionary
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scarp
OmegaWiki
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escarpment, scarp
Wikipedia Redirections
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escarpments, Scarp/Dip Topography, Scarp and dip, scarp face, scarp slope

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