Escarpment - Wikipedia 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
ESCARPMENT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Escarpment definition: a long, precipitous, clifflike ridge of land, rock, or the like, commonly formed by faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust See examples of ESCARPMENT used in a sentence
Escarpment - definition of escarpment by The Free Dictionary 1 a long, precipitous, clifflike ridge of land, rock, or the like commonly formed by faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust 2 ground cut into an escarp around a fortification or defensive position [1795–1805; < French escarpement See escarp, -ment]
Escarpment - National Geographic Society An escarpment is an area of the Earth where elevation changes suddenly Wave Rock, a granite cliff in Australia, is 15 meters (49 feet) high and more than 100 meters (328 feet) long Its rounded shape has been caused by weathering and water erosion Wave Rock's escarpment separates the concave cliff from the level area of ground beneath it
List of escarpments - Wikipedia At the Florida Escarpment, seen in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the sea bed drops precipitously from less than 300 to 3,000 m (1,000 to 10,000 ft) over a short distance