Another word for escarpment

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escarpment

slope, cliff, ledge; see hill, mountain 1, rock 2.

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On the Blue Ridge escarpment near the, N.E.
Another range, or escarpment, crosses the state from east to west, but is broken into two principal divisions, each having several local names.
West of where the escarpment dies out, the Great Valley Region and a considerable portion of the Appalachian Mountains Region are drained by the Coosa, the Tallapoosa and their tributaries, into Mobile Bay, but the Cumberland Plateau, like that part of the Appalachian Mountains Region which lies directly N.
It climbed gently along the escarpment above the river and was devoid of traffic.
By a bold escarpment 500 to 1000 ft.

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