The scarp was a tangle of gullies, boulders, and ravines. From Wordnik.com. [Ice Hunt]
Halfway up the scarp was a dark horizontal line of bushes, something like a hedge. From Wordnik.com. [David and the Phoenix] Reference
The Isparta Cay fault scarp, southeast of Sagalassos. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Seismological Studies Report 4] Reference
Far down, on the slope at the foot of the scarp, was. From Wordnik.com. [David and the Phoenix] Reference
Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands - Encyclopedia of Earth. From Wordnik.com. [Angolan scarp savanna and woodlands] Reference
Unionists demanded proof of IRA promises to scarp its weapons. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 8, 2007] Reference
Crest and scarp and crag, stacked and grey, to the long horizon. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
Manuel prayed out loud as they climbed the purgatorial scarp above Lost. From Wordnik.com. [Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas] Reference
While the bear cooked he sat and waited at the scarp as morning came on. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
Ecoregion 20e includes major scarp slopes of the Book Cliffs and Roan Cliffs. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
"In that old cave-mouth, sir, on the western scarp, where the Lady's shrine is.". From Wordnik.com. [The Bull From The Sea]
One of the sites where a measurement was performed and a limestone scarp discovered. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Seismological Studies Report 5] Reference
Below him, on the grassy slope at the foot of the scarp, was a figure clad in khaki. From Wordnik.com. [David and the Phoenix] Reference
Near this eastern fault scarp, the Sierra Nevada (5) reaches its highest elevations. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference
The scarp was uplifted during the Tertiary and reaches elevations of 300 m to 400 m. From Wordnik.com. [Southwest Australia woodlands] Reference
Mercury has these same sort of lobate-scarp structures, but they're much, much bigger. From Wordnik.com. [Images Show A Shrinking Moon] Reference
We rode on, stopping on a tall scarp that looked out over the lazily flowing Tefa River. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
A fosse, flooded by the waters of the Angara, was dug between the scarp and counterscarp. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Strogoff] Reference
On the outskirts of Floresti two soldiers are standing on the scarp of a sandpit; German uniforms?. From Wordnik.com. [Stuka Pilot]
The sheer face of the scarp fell away beneath them, plunging down to the tiny trees and rocks below. From Wordnik.com. [David and the Phoenix] Reference
Slowly they eased themselves down the scarp, and plodded across no-man's-land toward the siege-works. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
The scarp cliffs support a mixed deciduous and spruce-fir forest which becomes stunted in higher areas. From Wordnik.com. [Gros Morne National Park, Canada] Reference
Against the rocky scarp on the south of the garden a plantation of aloes, yuccas and cactus has been made. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878] Reference
Ecoregion 20e includes major scarp slopes of the Tavaputs Plateau, the Book Cliffs, and the Grand Staircase. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Utah (EPA)] Reference
The preliminary electrical resistivity profile on which the limestone fault scarp at depth is clearly visible. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Seismological Studies Report 5] Reference
And he walked to the window and looked down the steep scarp to where the river foamed in the bottom of the dell. From Wordnik.com. [Lay Morals] Reference
In order to protect the masonry of the scarp, engineers first lowered the cordon to the level of the covert-way. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886] Reference
Any geologist can tell you that a steep slope means risk of landslides, and a change in slope can be a fault scarp. From Wordnik.com. [Fault Line]
As the valley drops, it slides down and away from the mountains, and the mountain front is essentially the fault scarp. From Wordnik.com. [Fault Line]
The Roundhead horseman, who had remained on the counter-scarp in readiness for further orders, raised his hand in salute. From Wordnik.com. [War Game]
But of course the ford was guarded by a fort across the stream, with a palisade, a scarp and the wall of the fort on top. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
Now, General Motors 'decision to scarp the sale of Opel is raising new questions about the future of thousands of workers. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 4, 2009] Reference
They leave a 'scarp,' a small cliff, perhaps three to ten feet high, where the valley drops down and the mountains stay high. From Wordnik.com. [Fault Line]
In the south, both these limestone hills and the scarp east of the Potters 'Quarter gradually converge to form a narrow valley. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Survey Report 17: Suburban] Reference
So they are they have the great distinction of being the only two humans to have ever explored an extraterrestrial fault scarp. From Wordnik.com. [Images Show A Shrinking Moon] Reference
The inner edge was bounded by a second scarp -- a wall of red stone with sparkling points of light imbedded in its smooth surface. From Wordnik.com. [David and the Phoenix] Reference
The curved shot finds one application in the opening of breaches in scarp walls, despite the existence of a covering of great thickness. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886] Reference
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