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Escarpment

Plateaus and Highlands

A long, steep slope or cliff separating two relatively level areas of land at different elevations, typically formed where a fault has offset the land surface or where differential erosion has stripped away softer rock to expose a resistant layer's edge. Escarpments commonly mark the abrupt boundary of a plateau against the lowland beside it.

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Erosion, Physical Processes
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Faulting, Physical Processes
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Escarpment (Wikipedia)
  • Shaped By: Erosion, Lead
    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.
  • Shaped By: Faulting, Lead
    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.
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