SSC
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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What does escarpment mean?
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an often triangular-shaped section of land formed as waters of a river slow down and split into may channels as they deposit silt and sediment
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a long cliff that separates lands at two different altitudes
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a climate marked by warm, dry, summers, and cool, rainy winters
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a condition created when winds blow in primarily one direction over mountains or other elevated terrain:the altitude change causes clouds to drop their precipitation on the near side of the mountain, leaving the land or the far side, when winds descend, with little rain or snow
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -An escarpment is an area of the Earth where elevation changes suddenly. Escarpment usually refers to the bottom of a cliff or a steep slope. (Scarp refers to the cliff itself.) Escarpments separate two level land surfaces.
Detailed explanation-2: -An escarpment or “scarp” is defined as a cliff or steep rock face of great length. Two general types are recognized-structural and erosional escarpments.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Great Escarpment is a major topographical feature in Africa that consists of steep slopes from the high central Southern African plateau downward in the direction of the oceans that surround southern Africa on three sides.
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