Sentence examples for steep escarpment from inspiring English sources

Rescue teams spoke of the impossibility of landing anywhere near the base of the steep escarpment.

Turning to climb the steep escarpment, the lead vehicle hit yet another bomb.

To the south, the Backbone Range descends abruptly in a steep escarpment to the Kibi Plateau.

"We have historical images of the most unbelievable steep escarpment sliding down to the river".

We climbed up the steep escarpment for a wonderful view over the bush.

Butte, ( French: hillock or rising ground) also spelled bute, flat-topped hill surrounded by a steep escarpment from the bottom of which a slope descends to the plain.

There are fewer crashing waterfalls and steep escarpments.

Physiographic features (depth, the base of steep escarpments, the axes of canyons, methane seep sites, mesoscale "salt" basins, etc).

To the south the river systems descend from the plateau, and canyons, mesas, and steep escarpments give way to a basin and range system.

It has steep escarpments on its northwest and southwest coasts, rising to 2,370 feet (722 m) in the centre of the island.

New Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRise and CRISM imagery of polar layered terrain of Mars reveals striking similarities to icy debris fans along the base of steep escarpments in Alaska formed in high-latitude periglacial environments.