Escarpments in a sentence

Mpumalanga residents can expect morning fog patches along the escarpments; otherwise, it will be partly cloudy and cool but warm in the Lowveld.

Considerations in creating a vision include the natural features of the land and how can they best be utilized, things like wetlands, escarpments, ravines and forested areas.

Nikumaroro and its reef are just the tip of a 16,000-foot underwater mountain, a series of 13 sheer escarpments that drop off onto ramps, eventually fanning out at the base for six nautical miles.

Maasai herders, herds of elephant, wide plains and dramatic escarpments all define the Great Rift Valley, which reaches through Kenya as part of a 6,000-km long scar that stretches from Jordan in the Middle East across Africa to Mozambique.

Escarpments (ridges) and deep depressions (basins) exist in several parts of the Western Desert, and no rivers or streams drain into or out of the area.

It consists of a complex of mountain ranges, plateaus, upland areas and escarpments with an ancient and complex geological history.

It was considered impassable by tanks and most other military vehicles because of features such as salt lakes, high cliffs and/or escarpments, and fech fech (very fine powdered sand).

Northward from Asyut, the escarpments on both sides diminish, and the valley widens to a maximum of 22 km.

The attack was stalled by convert of hilly escarpments, forests, and river torrents blanketing the way to al-Amarah, but the Iraqis could not force the Iranians back.

The land descends from the Central Highlands to a series of escarpments and ledges at 400 to 500 meters above sea level before sloping down toward the coastal plains.

The northern side of the depression is characterised by steep escarpments up to 280 meters high, marking the edge of the adjacent El Diffa plateau.

Uplift continues due to faulting caused by tectonic forces, creating spectacular fault block escarpments along the eastern edge of the southern Sierra.