- Look up
scarp or
scarps in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Scarp may
refer to: Cliff, a
significant vertical, or near vertical, rock
exposure Escarpment...
- two
relatively level areas having different elevations. The
terms scarp and
scarp face are
often used
interchangeably with escarpment.[citation needed]...
- A
fault scarp is a
small step or
offset on the
ground surface where one side of a
fault has
moved vertically with
respect to the other. It is the topographic...
- The
Darling Scarp, also
referred to as the
Darling Range or
Darling Ranges, is a low
escarpment running north–south to the east of the Swan
Coastal Plain...
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Scarp retreat is a
geological process through which the
location of an
escarpment changes over time.
Typically the
cliff is undermined,
rocks fall and...
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Norwood Scarp is a distinct, 18 km long and 1525 m high
cliff in the East of
Palmer Land...
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Gingin scarp is a
scarp that lies to the west of the
Darling Scarp in
Western Australia, with the
Dandaragan plateau formed between the two
scarps. At the...
- The Cody
Scarp or Cody
Escarpment is
located in
north and
north central Florida United States. It is a
relict scarp and
ancient persistent topographical...
- A
scarp and a
counterscarp are the
inner and
outer sides, respectively, of a
ditch or moat used in fortifications.
Attackers (if they have not bridged...
- A
cuesta (from
Spanish cuesta "slope") is a hill or
ridge with a
gentle slope on one side, and a
steep slope on the other. In
geology the term is more...
