List of escarpments
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A list of escarpments follows below.
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Planets
[edit]Earth
[edit]Africa
[edit]- Elgeyo Escarpment (Great Rift Valley)
- Great Escarpment, Southern Africa
- Including the Drakensberg and God's Window in Mpumalanga's Eastern Escarpment
- Bandiagara Escarpment (Mali)
- Zambezi Escarpment (Zambia)
- East coast, Madagascar
Antarctica
[edit]Asia
[edit]- Sharon Escarpment, Israel
- Tuwaiq, Saudi Arabia
- Vindhya Range, India
- Western Ghats, India
- Wulian Feng, China
Australia and New Zealand
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- Australia
- New Zealand
- The western slope of the Southern Alps (along the Alpine Fault)
- The Kaimai escarpment, above the Hauraki Plains
- The Paekākāriki escarpment between Paekākāriki and Pukerua Bay
Europe
[edit]- England
- Cotswold escarpment
- Chiltern escarpment
- North Downs
- South Downs
- A common placename denominating an escarpment in England is "edge" as in
- Alderley Edge
- Edge Hill famous as the place of the first battle of the English Civil War
- Kinver Edge
- The Lincoln Edge
- Stanage Edge
- Wenlock Edge
- Scotland
- Wales
- France
- La Côte d'Or is famous for its wines and has given its name to a département, Côte-d'Or.
- Le Pays de Bray, a clay vale enclosed by chalk escarpments.
- Sweden, Estonia and Russia
- Malta
- Victoria Lines
North America
[edit]- Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line
- Florida Escarpment, Gulf of Mexico
- Sigsbee Escarpment, Gulf of Mexico
- Canada
- Cape Hotham Escarpment (Nunavut)
- Devil's Rock (Lake Temiskaming, Ontario)
- Eagle Hills Escarpment (Saskatchewan)
- Eardley Escarpment (Mattawa Fault, Gatineau Park, Quebec)
- Etsho Escarpment (British Columbia)
- Long Point Escarpment (Ontario)
- Manitoba Escarpment (Manitoba, Saskatchewan)
- Mess Creek Escarpment (British Columbia)
- Naujan Escarpment (Nunavut)
- Niagara Escarpment (Ontario)
- Onondaga (geological formation) (Ontario)
- Pembina Escarpment (Manitoba)
- Scarborough Bluffs (Toronto, Ontario)
- Weston Escarpment (Nunavut)
- United States
- Allegheny Front (West Virginia-Maryland-Pennsylvania)
- Blue Ridge Escarpment (North Carolina–Virginia)
- Balcones Fault (Texas)
- Bergen Hill (New Jersey)
- Black River Escarpment (Wisconsin)
- Book Cliffs (Colorado–Utah)
- Caprock Escarpment (Texas)
- Catskill Escarpment (New York)
- The Chinese Wall (Montana)
- Cody Scarp (Florida)
- Devil's Slide (California)
- Helderberg Escarpment (New York)
- Hell's Half Acre (Wyoming)
- Knobstone Escarpment (Indiana)
- Lewiston Hill (Idaho-Washington)
- Long Point Escarpment (New York)
- Magnesian Escarpment (Wisconsin)
- Mescalero Ridge (New Mexico)
- Missouri Escarpment (North Dakota)
- Mogollon Rim (Arizona)
- Muldraugh Hill (Kentucky)
- Niagara Escarpment (New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois)
- Onondaga (geological formation) (New York)
- Pine Ridge (Nebraska–South Dakota)
- Pembina Escarpment (North Dakota)
- Portage Escarpment (Ohio)
- Potrero Hills in (California)
- Pottsville Escarpment (Kentucky–Tennessee)
- The Rimrocks (Montana)
- Sierra Nevada eastern slope (California)
- The Caribbean
South America
[edit]- Brazil
- Chile
- West Andean Escarpment[2]
Mars
[edit]
- Amenthes Rupes
- Argyre Rupes
- Arimanes Rupes
- Avernus Rupes
- Bosporos Rupes
- Chalcoporos Rupēs
- Claritas Rupes
- Cydnus Rupēs
- Elysium Rupes
- Hephaestus Rupēs
- Hiddekel Rupes
- Icaria Rupes
- Morpheos Rupes
- Nilokeras Scopulus
- Nord Rupes
- Ogygis Rupes
- Olympus Rupes
- Olympia Rupēs
- Panchaia Rupēs
- Phison Rupes
- Phrixi Rupes
- Pityusa Rupes
- Promethei Rupes
- Rupes Tenuis
- Tartarus Rupes
- Thyles Rupes
- Ulyxis Rupes
- Utopia Rupēs
Mercury
[edit]
- Acadia Rupes
- Adventure Rupes
- Altair Rupes
- Alvin Rupes
- Antares Rupes
- Arquipelago Rupes
- Astrolabe Rupes
- Beagle Rupes
- Belgica Rupes
- Blossom Rupes
- Calypso Rupes
- Carnegie Rupes
- Challenger Rupes
- Discovery Rupes
- Duyfken Rupes
- Eltanin Rupes
- Endeavour Rupes
- Enterprise Rupes
- Fram Rupes
- Gjöa Rupes
- Heemskerck Rupes
- Hero Rupes
- Kainan Rupes
- La Duaphine Rupes
- Mirni Rupes
- Nautilus Rupes
- Palmer Rupes
- Paramour Rupes
- Pelagia Rupes
- Pourquoi-Pas Rupes
- Resolution Rupes
- Santa María Rupes
- Terror Rupes
- Unity Rupes
- Vejas Rupes
- Victoria Rupes
- Vostok Rupes
- Zapiola Rupes
- Zarya Rupes
- Zeehaen Rupes
Venus
[edit]- Fornax Rupes
- Gabie Rupes
- Hestia Rupes
- Uorsar Rupes
- Ut Rupes
- Vaidilute Rupes
- Vesta Rupes
Natural satellites
[edit]Moon
[edit]
- Rupes Altai
- Rupes Boris
- Rupes Cauchy
- Rupes Kelvin
- Rupes Liebig
- Rupes Mercator
- Rupes Recta
- Rupes Toscanelli
Miranda
[edit]- Argier Rupes
- Verona Rupes
Titania
[edit]Asteroids
[edit]Lutetia
[edit]- Glana Rupes
- Rhenus Rupes
Vesta
[edit]- Agonium Rupes
- Matronalia Rupes
- Parentatio Rupes
References
[edit]- ^ Lidmar-Bergström, Karna (1988). "Denudation surfaces of a shield area in southern Sweden". Geografiska Annaler. 70 A (4): 337–350. doi:10.2307/521267. JSTOR 521267.
- ^ Wörner, Gerhard; Uhlig, Dieter; Kohler, Ingrid; Seyfried, Hartmut (15 February 2002). "Evolution of the West Andean Escarpment at 18°S (N. Chile) during the last 25 Ma: uplift, erosion and collapse through time". Tectonophysics. 345 (1): 183–198. Bibcode:2002Tectp.345..183W. doi:10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00212-8.