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the cliff that exists because the rest of the land lost a fight with gravity
means A steep slope or cliff, especially one formed by erosion or a geological fault, or the inner wall of a defensive ditch around a fortification.
from From Italian 'scarpa,' meaning a slope or embankment, which English borrowed by way of French in the fortification sense. The same Italian root also gives us 'escarpment.' 'Scarpa' literally meant 'shoe' or 'slipper' — possibly because a sloping wall resembles the angled cut of a shoe — though that connection is debated. The military meaning came first; geology later borrowed the word to describe natural cliffs that behave like the steep face of a defensive wall.
- war origin
- Named for fortress walls before geology stole the word
- fault's face
- Earthquakes can carve fresh ones in seconds
- erosion's edge
- Marks where soft and hard rock disagree
- submarine kind
- Giant scarps lurk hidden on the ocean floor
niagara escarpment — 430-mile cliff formation stretching from new york to ontario, dropping up to 1,000 feet
kona coast big island — hawaiian lava cliffs reaching 3,600 feet, steepest sea cliffs in the world
san juan islands scarp — steep cliff face in washington state created by whidbey island fault line