Escarpment Definition

Escarpment Sentence Examples

• Another range, or escarpment, crosses the state from east to west, but is broken into two principal divisions, each having several local names.

• It climbed gently along the escarpment above the river and was devoid of traffic.

• In localities the slope is a true escarpment falling 150 and even 250 ft.

• On the eastern side it presents a fairly continuous escarpment.

• Each escarpment stands forth where a resistant formation overlies a weaker one; each escarpment is separated from the next higher one by a broad step of weaker strata.