Examples of 'scarp' in a sentence
Meaning of "scarp"
Scarp is a steep bank or slope at the edge of a plateau, ridge, or valley
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- The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.
- A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment.
- to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment
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You are a bigger scarp dealer than your father.
There are many overhangs on the scarp.
The scarp and trace of the rampart are seen.
Moisture related weathering is what causes scarp recession.
A fault scarp is a break in the ground caused by an earthquake.
The valley and the scarp.
At the top of the sloping scarp or glacis is another wall.
The range has the form of a crescent shaped scarp.
O a large erosional scarp was discovered southeast of the disposal site.
Note the steep scarp.
In permanent fortifications the scarp and counterscarp may be encased in stone.
Scarp and dip.
Thus catering for big guns blew me away the scarp.
Usually scarp and scarp face are used interchangeably with escarpment.
Prionotes thus has a very patchy distribution east of the scarp.
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It is located on a scarp above the road and surrounded by old trees.
It formed as a result of desert erosion and weathering of the scarp slopes.
The scarp forms the western wall of a narrow and long valley.
The path moves along the western side of the scarp.
Schmitt meant that the scarp had formed after the mountain was raised.
Subsequent activity of the volcano has completely filled the scarp.
The ditch is lined with concrete on both the scarp and counterscarp faces.
This is followed by walking along the eastern side of the scarp.
This map illustrates the distribution of lobate scarp features located thus far.
Reconstruction of the volcano subsequently filled most of the collapse scarp.
The ancient coastal scarp cuts the surroundings into two sharply different parts.
Everything that is more than this rate is considered to be a scarp slope.
Above this point there is a very steep scarp with a marble temple and two lantern towers.
The two others are located into clusters close to fractured or scarp zones.
Avalanche activity is shown practically everywhere where scarp slopes exist and heavy snow cover underlay.
Areas of marine sand are also perched along the top edge of the scarp.
The scarp slopes provide basking areas for Adders.
We deal in scarp.
The present scarp landscape was formed during the Mesozoic era.
A stone parapet with rifle loops runs along the top of the north scarp.
Mons Rümker is surrounded by a scarp that separates it from the adjacent mare.
It is those rocks which form vertical crags along the top edge of the scarp.
There was a steep scarp that formed the new S edge of the island at its place.
The younger summit cone partially buries the eastern side of the collapse scarp.
This place lies near the northern scarp of the Volhynia Upland covered with loess.
There has been extensive faulting and intrusion both above and below the scarp.
The scarp cuts through Rameau crater.
This drawing shows a platform with two converging sewage channels running parallel to the rock scarp.
It is most apparent as a fault scarp around Williamstown and Kersbrook.
These results cast doubt on a strictly seismic interpretation of the Mount Currie scarp.
It is a linear village lying along a scarp overlooking Thornton Reservoir.
It is bordered to the east by the Darling Scarp.
The western scarp of the Wolds reaches is highest point at Garrowby Hill.
The Friendship makes a gentle turn and crosses the eastern scarp of the Rift.
Scarp de Tennis.
