Sentence examples for scarp from inspiring English sources

The sequence of Triassic rocks ends south and east against the great Jurassic scarp of the Swabian Alp (Schwäbische Alb), rising to more than 3,300 feet (1,000 metres), and its continuation, the lower Franconian Alp (Fränkische Alb).

Behind the scarp face are the remains of ancient lakes, including one called Alaotra.

In place of the present eastern lower Great Lakes (Erie and Ontario), a scarp-and-vale topography existed, with the high front of the Niagara limestone scarp separating vales of shale to the west and east.

The plateau rises in a steep northwestern scarp some 1,300 feet (400 m) above the valleys of the Neckar, Rems, and Fils rivers to its highest peak, the Lemberg (3,330 feet [1,015 m]), but slopes gradually toward the Danube River valley in the southeast.

Darling Range, scarp or fault at the edge of the Great Plateau in Western Australia, paralleling the southwest coast east of Perth for 200 miles (320 km) from the Moore River (north) to Bridgetown (south).

Especially to the east, erosion has left the more resistant rocks, usually limestones, with a steep, outward-facing scarp edge and a gentler slope toward the centre of the basin.

It is unlikely that your betrothed will scarper on horseback, as Julia Roberts did in "Runaway Bride", and most insurers wouldn't cover that anyway.

Partners may sit tight for one bad year, but after another some will scarper with their clients.

As huge rain-drops begin to spatter the ground, people scarper for cover.

The surface is a jumble of craters, plains and immense, cliff-like scarps that can be hundreds of kilometres long.

Most hackers like to pinch valuable data discreetly and then scarper before being spotted.