Escarpment
/ɪˈskɑːrpmənt/noun
A steep slope or long cliff that occurs due to natural processes like erosion or movement of the Earth's crust.
The Great Escarpment in Australia stretches over 2,000 miles, providing breathtaking views.
Often appears as...
- steep escarpment
- rocky escarpment
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Geographical
noun
A steep slope or long cliff that occurs due to natural processes like erosion or movement of the Earth's crust.
The Great Escarpment in Australia stretches over 2,000 miles, providing breathtaking views.
Often appears as...
- steep escarpment
- rocky escarpment
Usage tips
Geographical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Feature
Used to describe natural terrestrial formations, often significant and large-scale.
Hikers love the challenge of climbing the escarpment.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Impact
Escarpments are notable for their visual dramatic effect in a landscape.
The escarpment was visible for miles, dominating the horizon.
Pro Tip 3/3Formation Process
Understand that escarpments are formed by natural processes like erosion; not man-made.
The valley was flanked by an escarpment formed by ancient glaciers.
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especially when I first arrived in the world of Eastern zebra just at the foot of the escarpment and unfortunately it wasn't because we weren't at the right place at the right time the rain would just come down so quickly and we didn't have these very fancy covers that we've got now and every single time the rain came down the Lions would successfully
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
see there's a few little puffy clouds in the distance but otherwise still a bit of blue around and fairly warm today actually it's been quite hot during the course of the morning which probably means we gain to get a bit of rain at some point in fact when I look over the escarpment they look lots of cloud that is coming
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Safari Live - Day 158 PIPE...
always say the first game reserve you work on is the hardest to learn and then it becomes substantially easier a long we didn't find it too hard to navigate in the morrow is actually quite easy in fact it was near the escarpment on one side you had the river on the other said stay in between and when you wanted to
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Safari Live - Day 12 PIPE...
lose the cheetah and at the moment to their the most important part of well this afternoon so far now I've come up again many of you will feel the time gone stark raving insane because for the third afternoon in a row I find myself sitting on the edge of the early low escarpment looking for the sausage tree
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How to build a resilient...
but in our rush towards the future, we tend to forget about the past. In other parts of the world, where rivers are contaminated with sewage, a city of 15 million people cleans its waste water with its flood plains. On the edges of Calcutta, flanked by a smoking escarpment of the city's trash
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Safari Live - Day 337 PIPE...
but I was walking around with a herd as they brought up the escarpment and the other day taking photos of them and my conclusion of their lifestyle is that they just pop and kick each other that's all they seem to do is just fluctuate
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Nizar Ibrahim: Lost...
turtles, you name it. This here's a skull piece from a crocodile. I really wanted to understand the entire ecosystem, and it's hard work. Most of the fossils are found along this escarpment so there's a lot of climbing involved,
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Why you should learn...
through these escarpment parts that hug the hillside he said our name should be city life is moving bodies climb and he made us a logo every year we have a community potluck party and neighbors all the organizations in northern
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Stewart Brand: Building...
who started the process, Long Now was able to get that two-mile-long strip of land. And now let's look at the grand truth of what's there. We're in Pole Canyon, looking west up the western escarpment
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Safari Live - Day 222 PIPE...
sunset to show you complete with rain over the escarpment and two male lions who are however unintentionally responsible for the lack of said waffles
Video examples
See Elephants at Their...
especially when I first arrived in the world of Eastern zebra just at the foot of the escarpment and unfortunately it wasn't because we weren't at the right place at the right time the rain would just come down so quickly and we didn't have these very fancy covers that we've got now and every single time the rain came down the Lions would successfully
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
see there's a few little puffy clouds in the distance but otherwise still a bit of blue around and fairly warm today actually it's been quite hot during the course of the morning which probably means we gain to get a bit of rain at some point in fact when I look over the escarpment they look lots of cloud that is coming
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Safari Live - Day 158 PIPE...
always say the first game reserve you work on is the hardest to learn and then it becomes substantially easier a long we didn't find it too hard to navigate in the morrow is actually quite easy in fact it was near the escarpment on one side you had the river on the other said stay in between and when you wanted to
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Safari Live - Day 12 PIPE...
lose the cheetah and at the moment to their the most important part of well this afternoon so far now I've come up again many of you will feel the time gone stark raving insane because for the third afternoon in a row I find myself sitting on the edge of the early low escarpment looking for the sausage tree
Video examples
How to build a resilient...
but in our rush towards the future, we tend to forget about the past. In other parts of the world, where rivers are contaminated with sewage, a city of 15 million people cleans its waste water with its flood plains. On the edges of Calcutta, flanked by a smoking escarpment of the city's trash
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 337 PIPE...
but I was walking around with a herd as they brought up the escarpment and the other day taking photos of them and my conclusion of their lifestyle is that they just pop and kick each other that's all they seem to do is just fluctuate
Video examples
Nizar Ibrahim: Lost...
turtles, you name it. This here's a skull piece from a crocodile. I really wanted to understand the entire ecosystem, and it's hard work. Most of the fossils are found along this escarpment so there's a lot of climbing involved,
Video examples
Why you should learn...
through these escarpment parts that hug the hillside he said our name should be city life is moving bodies climb and he made us a logo every year we have a community potluck party and neighbors all the organizations in northern
Video examples
Stewart Brand: Building...
who started the process, Long Now was able to get that two-mile-long strip of land. And now let's look at the grand truth of what's there. We're in Pole Canyon, looking west up the western escarpment
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 222 PIPE...
sunset to show you complete with rain over the escarpment and two male lions who are however unintentionally responsible for the lack of said waffles
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