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What (who) is escarpment - definition

TYPE OF SLOPE LANDFORM

Escarpments; Scarp/Dip Topography; Scarp and dip; Scarp face; Scarp slope

escarpment

[?'sk?:pm(?)nt, ?-]

¦ noun a long, steep slope at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.

Origin

C19: from Fr. escarpement, escarpe 'scarp', from Ital. scarpa 'slope'.

Escarpment

·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. ·see Scarp.

escarpment

(escarpments)

An escarpment is a wide, steep slope on a hill or mountain.

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Wikipedia

Escarpment

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.

The terms scarp and scarp face are often used interchangeably with escarpment. Some sources differentiate the two terms, with escarpment referring to the margin between two landforms, and scarp referring to a cliff or a steep slope. In this usage an escarpment is a ridge which has a gentle slope on one side and a steep scarp on the other side.

More loosely, the term scarp also describes a zone between a coastal lowland and a continental plateau which shows a marked, abrupt change in elevation caused by coastal erosion at the base of the plateau.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escarpment

Examples of use of escarpment

1. It‘s on a mountain escarpment surrounded by bush.

2. My house in Derbyshire is in the shadow of an escarpment that we call an edge.

3. Troops, rushed by bus from other fronts, scaled the Golan escarpment that night and overran the Syrian defences.

4. Since the building over of Clifton on the Trent escarpment, the open country beyond has become incomparably precious, model of a hundred such lungs round English cities.

5. Il Duce‘s eyes must, though, like mine, have scanned the map of Africa and settled on a thin strip of territory bordering the Red Sea trade routes and extending up a steep escarpment into lush highlands.