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escarpment

Noun

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A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp.

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Freshwater can be found in Buada lagoon, and also in some brackish ponds at the escarpment base in Ijuw and Anabar in the northeast. Source: Internet

By late afternoon, the French army had not succeeded in driving Wellington's forces from the escarpment on which they stood. Source: Internet

Bamako is relatively flat, except to the immediate north where an escarpment is found, being what remains of an extinct volcano. Source: Internet

Great deserts Three great deserts isolate Najd from north, east, and south as the Red Sea escarpment does from the west. Source: Internet

In 2014, a recently discovered escarpment on Mars was named the McClure-Beverlin Ridge in honor of the pair, who had since passed on. Source: Internet

It is bounded by the Serengeti Park to the south, the Siria escarpment to the west, and Maasai pastoral ranches to the north, east and west. Source: Internet

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