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Keywords:
Escarpment,
Gentle,
Steep,
Gently,
Ridge
A sloping plain, esp. one with the upper end at the crest of a cliff; a hill or ridge with one face steep and the opposite face gently sloping.
An asymmetrical ridge with one steep and one gentle face formed where gently dipping beds of erosion-resistant rocks are undercut by erosion of a weaker bed underneath.
a ridge composed of gently tipped rock strata with a long, gradual slope on one side and a relative steep scarp or cliff on the other.
An asymmetric hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a steep outcrop slope on the other.
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