chalk cliffs
Pale coastal escarpments
Chalk cliffs are coastal formations of soft white limestone, created when ancient seabeds lifted and eroded.
The White Cliffs of Dover are the most famous example, their pale faces visible for miles across the English Channel.
Chalk cliffs erode readily, often collapsing in dramatic falls: The path was closed after chunks of the chalk cliff gave way.
- cliff faceSheer vertical rockside
- coastlineLand-water boundary
- sea stackIsolated coastal rock formation
- seabirdsOcean-dwelling avians
- headlandCoastal land jutting seaward
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- Cliffscliff, bluff, crag, escarpment, precipice
- coastsshoreline, sandy shore, coves, bays, rocky shore
- rocky terrainboulders, scree, outcrops, rockfall, rock faces
- British geologyflint, limestone, shale, sandstone, mudstone
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